New health diagnostic centre set to open in June

Services will start at the centre from 9 June

A health trust has said services at its new centre will be up and running from June.

The Stratford community diagnostic centre is being built using £6m of national funding and a £1m community infrastructure levy grant from Stratford District Council.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust said the phased timeline for services would see mammography begin first, from 9 June, followed by ultrasound on 16 June.

Respiratory and cardiology services would run from 23 June and CT from 14 July.

The centre is part of a national programme to transform diagnostic services by offering a wide range of elective tests outside of hospital settings, the trust said.

Suki Rai, the trust's interim associate chief operating officer, said it would reduce hospital pressures and cut waiting times.

"Stratford's new Community Diagnostic Centre is already transforming patient care by bringing key diagnostic services closer to home."

"It gives our patients quicker access in a calmer, more convenient setting.

"This new model not only supports earlier diagnosis and treatment, but reflects a real shift towards delivering healthcare where it's most needed, easing the pressure at our acute hospital sites."