Salford Community Diagnostic Centre to open this year

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) is opening a new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Salford, in partnership with InHealth, the UK’s largest specialist provider of diagnostic solutions. The new centre will open later in 2023.

With funding provided by NHS England, thousands of people will be able to visit it to get a wide range of diagnostic tests in an accessible communitybased location, away from a busy hospital site.

The Salford CDC situated at West One Retail Park in Eccles will provide scanning (MRI, CT and Ultrasound), heart and lung tests and tele-dermatology. Patients will be able to access the services via a referral from their GP or hospital-based clinician.

The CDC project team recently attended Healthwatch Salford’s Health Fair to answer questions from members of the community about the benefits of having a CDC close to home.

“We met so many wonderful people from all over Salford who were all really positive about the new CDC and what it will add to the community,” said Barney Schofield, Director of Planning and Delivery at the NCA. The government has committed £2.3 billion nationally to open up to 160 CDCs by 2025.