Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to assess the efficacy of diagnostic tests carried out within community diagnostic hubs; and what assessment his Department of the impact of improved medical technology on community diagnostic hubs.
The Department has no current plans to assess the efficacy of diagnostic tests carried out within community diagnostic centres (CDCs). We have not yet assessed the impact of improved medical technology on CDCs.