Work has begun to build a new £25 million state-of-the-art NHS diagnostic centre in Slough.

This is an exciting investment for the Slough community as the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) will transform health services in the area with faster and easier diagnostic services for local people.

The centre will be open seven days a week, 12 hours a day, and will provide up to 150,000 extra tests per year for the local community.

Benefits for Slough

The CDC will have access to the latest technology with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners, computerised tomography (CT) scanners and ultrasounds, and will diagnose and improve outcomes for patients with conditions including cancer and heart disease.

The centre will also:

• Help to reduce health inequalities – by locating the CDC in central Slough there will be an opportunity for communities who have poorer health outcomes to easily access high quality diagnostic tests.
  
  
• Help people avoid unnecessary hospital visits – increasing diagnostic capacity outside of acute hospitals means that they can focus on delivering urgent and emergency care more quickly for those who need it.
  
  
• Be easily accessible by public transport, minimising inconvenience for patients and reducing air pollution caused by travel.

Frimley Health, NHS Frimley Leaders and local MP Mr Tan Dhesi explaining the benefits of the Slough CDC at the groundbreaking event.