Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is dramatically boosting diagnostic capacity at its Broad Marsh Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), tripling the number of MRI and CT scanners to three of each.
The scanners are being funded and provided through the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), which has supplied £10.5m for the additional MRI and CT machines.
NUH will install and operate them at the CDC.
The expanded facility, part of the city’s Broad Marsh regeneration, is designed to handle up to 140,000 tests a year, helping cut backlogs and speed up diagnoses.
NUH’s clinical lead, Dr Katharine Halliday, says the extra scanners will allow the centre to operate at a higher level from day one, ensuring more patients get the care they need sooner.
Located near the new bus station and city centre car park, the CDC brings advanced diagnostic services closer to the community, while temporary locations continue to provide some scans during construction.
The expansion underscores a broader NHS strategy to make diagnostic services more accessible in community settings such as shopping centres and health hubs.
Experts also point to the value of teleradiology in supporting CDCs, enabling remote radiology reporting so centres can process scans more efficiently and tap into specialist expertise even when on‑site teams are stretched.
Once fully open, the Broad Marsh centre will be NUH’s fifth diagnostic site, joining City Hospital and Queen’s Medical Centre.