Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the diagnostic tests that will be delivered by his proposed community diagnostic centres.
Community diagnostic centres (CDCs) will deliver a range of core diagnostic services in imaging, physiological measurement, pathology and, in larger CDCs, endoscopy services. It is likely that as a minimum, the following tests will be provided:
- Computed tomography;
- Magnetic resonance imaging;
- Ultrasound;
- X-Ray;
- Phlebotomy;
- Point of Care Testing;
- Simple biopsies;
- NT-Pro BNP;
- Urine testing;
- D-dimer testing;
- Echocardiography;
- Electrocardiogram;
- Heart rhythm monitoring;
- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring;
- Oximetry;
- Spirometry; and
- Simple field tests.
Larger CDCs will also offer endoscopy services, including gastroscopy, colonoscopy, flexi sigmoidoscopy and possibly further tests as required by local population need.