Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93468

Community Diagnostic Centres

Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 28 November 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of community diagnostic centres in reducing pressure on hospitals.

Answer

Karin Smyth
As set out in the Elective Reform Plan and the 10-Year Health Plan, community diagnostic centres (CDCs) are key to delivering on the Government’s ambition to move more planned care from hospitals to the community, reducing pressure on hospitals and delive...

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