Community Diagnostic Centres

(asked on 18th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many community diagnostic hubs per million people they intend to introduce; and how they intend to ensure that respiratory diagnostic tests will be a core part of their function in all instances.


Answered by
Lord Kamall Portrait
Lord Kamall
This question was answered on 17th December 2021

The National Health Service is planning at least 100 community diagnostic centres (CDC) in the next three years, or approximately 1.8 per million population. This is based on the recommendation of Professor Sir Mike Richards’ review to establish 165 CDCs or three per million in England.

The core specification for CDCs includes a range of respiratory diagnostics, including lung function testing. In addition, local integrated care systems will be able to supplement these with additional services for respiratory patients according to local need.

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