NORTH Bristol’s Community Diagnostic Centre has been in the spotlight for the role it is playing in helping to cut waiting times for NHS treatment.
More than 30,000 people have attended the centre since it opened at Cribbs Causeway last year. GPs at some local practices or via the two Bristol hospital trusts can refer people directly for diagnostic tests, including CT, MRI, endoscopy, and respiratory checks.
The centre has been developed in partnership with independent provider Inside Health. It started in April in temporary buildings before moving to permanent premises next to Asda is open 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
North Bristol NHS Trust says it has helped reduce the proportion of people waiting more than six weeks for an appointment to to below the national standard of five per cent or lower.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visited last month and talked to radiographers, endoscopists, nurses and reception staff about their work.
