Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 49 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, if he will publish the planned locations of the 100 community diagnostic hubs.

The National Health Service is planning to open  44 community diagnostic centres across England this year and we have announced funding for a further 56 centres through the Spending Review. The sites of the initial 40 centres are available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/40-community-diagnostic-centres-launching-across-england

NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with systems to identify suitable locations for the community diagnostic centres referenced in the Spending Review. The sites will be announced in due course.