Community diagnostic centre
A community diagnostic centre is a place where people can go for medical tests in England. They were started in 2021 because of the the COVID-19 pandemic. It was important to keep people out of hospitals where they were more likely to get diseases. There were 40 centres at first. £350 million was there for the first year. [1] £2.3 billion was set aside for up to 160 of the centres by March 2025.
Most of them are on health care sites, with about 20% in shopping centres and similar places.[2] By October 2022 92 centres had opened and they had done two million tests, checks, and scans. They are run by private companies.[3] In August 2023 the government announced 13 new centres. They can deliver 742,000 more tests a year. 8 will be run by the private sector.[4]
People can get MRI scans, ultrasound, X-ray, breast screening, phlebotomy and bone density scans.[5]
References
change- ↑ "40 community diagnostic centres launching across England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ↑ "Community diagnostic centres 'may struggle to live up to ministers' promises'". www.shropshirestar.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ↑ Clover, Ben (2022-11-28). "NHSE exploring state-owned provider to replace diagnostic outsourcing". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ↑ Neville, Sarah (2023-08-03). "New diagnostic centres to boost NHS testing capacity in England". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ↑ "Extra two million procedures delivered to bust COVID backlogs". www.buildingbetterhealthcare.com. Retrieved 2023-02-06.