Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department and NHS England decided which specific procedures, methodologies and equipment would be carried out and used to complete the checks scans and tests delivered by the Community Diagnostic Centres; if his Department will publish a list of any applicable NICE Guidance followed within the diagnostic tests carried out in Community Diagnostic Centres.

NHS England published guidance for systems in June 2022. The guidance details for systems best practice and guidance on planning, designing and implementing Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs). This includes on commissioning, planning governance, engagement, estates and site selection, digital connectivity, workforce development and pathway development. Systems must take account of this guidance in their planning and modelling.

Standard and large model CDCs must offer core services across, Imaging (for example, CT, MRI), Physiological Measurement (for example, Echocardiography, Spirometry), and Pathology (for example, phlebotomy, urine testing). Large CDCs will also offer Endoscopy services (for example, Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy) as part of their core services. Spoke CDCs can meet specific service needs and help integrate CDC models with other community diagnostic expansion.