Community Diagnostic Centres: Private Sector
(asked on 9th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Community Diagnostic Centres are operated by private healthcare providers.
This question was answered on 14th October 2024
The independent sector is involved in the delivery of community diagnostic centres (CDCs), in line with the role they play in supporting the NHS as trusted partners to recover elective services. There are 170 approved CDCs, 13 of which are fully owned and operated by private healthcare providers. A further 25 of the 170 are jointly operated by the private healthcare providers and the National Health Service.