Community Diagnostic Centres

(asked on 17th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress she has made on increasing the number of tests carried out at community diagnostic centres.


Answered by
Andrew Stephenson Portrait
Andrew Stephenson
This question was answered on 23rd January 2024
  • I am pleased to inform my Hon. Friend that CDCs have now delivered over 6 million additional tests since July 2021 thanks to the hard work of NHS staff.
  • The number of tests provided by these centres has grown by an average of 13,000 (6%) each month over the last 12 months.
  • 150 centres are currently operational, and the programme is on track to meet its target of 160 CDCs by March 2025, with many due to open ahead of schedule.
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