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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

  • 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

"I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. As I have so many constituents who work in the aviation industry, this is important information. I am thankful for the now ramped up provision of vaccine centres in South Derbyshire, but how will he ensure that housebound residents receive their …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Jan 2021
Covid-19

"It is a pleasure to speak again today about covid-related matters. To be frank, the supply of the vaccine in South Derbyshire has been slow, but now the area is gearing up. Those in the northern part of the constituency are being invited to the Derby Arena—the velodrome—which I am …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Jan 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What progress his Department has made on rolling out community testing for covid-19. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Jan 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Minister join me in welcoming the opening of community testing centres around Swadlincote in recent weeks, paving the way for greater testing capability and coverage right across Derbyshire? Will she also confirm that the rapid lateral flow tests being used are accurate and reliable and are an important …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jan 2021
Covid-19: Vaccinations

"I thank my hon. Friend for all his work in making sure that the vaccine gets to all parts of the UK. I ask him to look in particular at how the roll-out is being managed by the health services in South Derbyshire. Sadly, compared to our neighbours in Erewash …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the whole city covid-19 testing pilot in Liverpool. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank my right hon. Friend for his reply. May I ask him to agree to extend the pilot for rapid testing to the whole of Derbyshire and Derby to give the pilot real work to compare our semi-rural area with the urban area of Liverpool?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Oct 2020
Covid-19 Update

"I thank my right hon. Friend for his important statement. In South Derbyshire we have world-renowned laboratories locally, and my constituents have asked me to ask: what steps is he taking to increase the number of labs available to process tests, so that we can continue to increase testing capacity …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Sep 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps his Department is taking to recruit additional nurses to the NHS. ..."
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