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Written Question
Community Diagnostic Centres
Tuesday 23rd January 2024

Asked by: Heather Wheeler (Conservative - South Derbyshire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress she has made on increasing the number of tests carried out at community diagnostic centres.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

  • I am pleased to inform my Hon. Friend that CDCs have now delivered over 6 million additional tests since July 2021 thanks to the hard work of NHS staff.
  • The number of tests provided by these centres has grown by an average of 13,000 (6%) each month over the last 12 months.
  • 150 centres are currently operational, and the programme is on track to meet its target of 160 CDCs by March 2025, with many due to open ahead of schedule.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Feb 2021
Covid-19 Update

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Jan 2021
Covid-19

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Jan 2021
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jan 2021
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2020
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2020
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Oct 2020
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Sep 2020
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