A new diagnostic centre has opened for residents in Stockport and Tameside.

The new centre, based at Crown Point Retail Park, aims to offer diagnosis and treatment for a range of conditions, including cancer and heart disease.

The aim is to speed up diagnoses for local residents, by easing pressure on busy hospital sites. The services are for the use of residents across Stockport, Tameside, Glossop and High Peak, following a clinician's referral.

Services include MRI, CT, DEXA, Echocardiogram and Health Screening, with additional tests likely to be added as the centre expands in the future.

The Community Diagnostic Centre is based in a former retail outlet space - work on the conversion began last year.

It is estimated there will be 25,000 appointments in year one, scaling up to 36,000 in year five and 50,000 in 10 years' time.

Andrew Gwynne, MP for Gorton & Denton - and Minister for Public Health and Prevention - was present at the opening ceremony on 2 October, together with NHS Trust, council and independent healthcare provider leaders.

Left to right: Jane McCall, chairperson for Tameside & Glossop NHS / Jonathan O'Brien, COO, deputy chief executive T&G NHS / Andrew Gwynne MP / Geoff Searle, InHealth CEO / Tony Bell, Stockport NHSFT non-executive director (Image supplied)

Tony Bell, a Stockport NHS Foundation director, said: "It was an honour and a pleasure to attend the opening of this new clinical diagnostic centre.

"Early diagnosis is very important in so many conditions, so the additional capacity this centre and its staff provides is going to make a real difference to the healthcare of people in Stockport, Tameside and Glossop.

"The creation of this centre has been a great example of partnership working, and I'd like to thank everyone who has worked so hard to make it possible."  

The centre was delivered in partnership with InHealth, the UK's largest specialist provider of diagnostic solutions.

Geoff Searle, InHealth CEO, said: "Across our nationwide network of CDCs, we've seen the real difference and positive impact that centres like these can bring for patients, focussed on improving health outcomes, so it's fantastic to be doing that here in Denton, in such a brilliant locations.

"It really epitomises the essence of what CDCs are all about – taking high quality healthcare services and putting them in the heart of communities, supporting health inequalities and giving local people much easier access outside of hospital settings.

"Our mission at InHealth is to make healthcare better and improve access to services like the ones that are going to be delivered here, as well as reduce the time people are waiting for a diagnosis and care, so we are proud to know that we have truly delivered a fantastic healthcare facility and something that InHealth is very proud of."

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