Diagnostic centres see 100,000 patients

Lincoln Community Diagnostic Centre opened last year

Two diagnostic centres have seen 100,000 patients since they opened at the end of 2024.

Skegness and Lincoln community diagnostic centres (CDCs) offer CT scans, MRIs, X-rays and blood tests so that patients don't have to be seen at a hospital.

Alison Nelson, from United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospital Trust, said the feedback from patients was "fantastic".

The trust said the centres were being held up as a blueprint for other CDCs across the country, after winning an award.

NHS bosses said the centre in Skegness reduced the need for some patients to take a 40-mile round trip to Boston's Pilgrim Hospital.

The joint project was awarded a gold national CDC of the Year title at the Building Better Healthcare Awards 2025.

"The award itself is quite exceptional", Ms Nelson said.

"We're very proud of it because we built those two CDCs, which cost £38m within 40 weeks."

The centres in Skegness and Lincoln opened on 25 November and 16 December 2024. They have seen 30,000 and 70,000 patients respectively.

"The CDCs are an example of how to get it right," Ms Nelson said.

The trust is also building a CDC in Boston, which will open at the end of March 2026.

"Free car parking, an environment placed in the right area and certainly the one which we're going to build in Boston will make a massive impact," Ms Nelson added.

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