There is a rising demand for diagnostic services in West Yorkshire. The creation of Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) to alleviate pressure on existing NHS facilities was recommended following Professor Sir Mike Richards’ review of NHS diagnostics capacity.
CDCs will improve access and reduce delays for people who need an investigative test. The ambition for these new settings is to separate emergency and urgent diagnostics (delivered within hospital settings) from planned tests by delivering these closer to people’s homes in community 'one-stop-shop' settings.
CDCs will be accessible for all to deliver a large range of diagnostic tests, including imaging (such as x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI), pathology (such as phlebotomy) and physiological measurement tests (such as ECGs).
Initial plans following local analysis are underway for CDCs West Yorkshire, but more work is to be done and current proposals may change as the programme evolves. The centres will be driven and designed to meet local place needs. Business cases are being developed, but the intention is to deliver ‘hub-and-spoke’ models across our system. The plans are for several larger centres (or hubs) across West Yorkshire, supported by a number of smaller centres (or spokes) spread across the region supported by capital and revenue investment for at least the next three years.
You can find out more on the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts website.
You can also read the involvement mapping report for community diagnostic centres (pdf)
Or you can read the word version of the Involvement Mapping report for community diagnostic centres