Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has opened a new Community Diagnostics Centre (CDC) in the Belfry Shopping Centre to make essential diagnostics more accessible.
The Redhill CDC, which welcomed its first patients on 26 January, offers a wide range of diagnostic tests, including CT scans, X‑rays, ECGs, ultrasounds and respiratory assessments.
By situating the services within the Belfry shopping centre rather than at a hospital site, the Trust aims to make essential diagnostics more accessible and reduce unnecessary travel for patients.
In its first year, the centre is expected to deliver almost 40,000 tests and checks, reducing patient journeys to East Surrey Hospital by around 200,000 over the next five years.
The centre plans to expand to a 12‑hour service, seven days a week, within its first year.
Patients referred by GPs will benefit from a more seamless diagnostic pathway, including direct GP access to request tests and integrated facilities designed to support multiple assessments in a single visit.
“Our new Community Diagnostics Centre in Redhill will help thousands of local people access faster tests and checks,” said Andrew Hines, Chief Executive of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
The project was developed in partnership with Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board (ICB) and the Belfry Shopping Centre.
Scaling up CDCs across the region
The new Redhill centre builds on the Trust’s existing CDC services, including temporary diagnostic services at Crawley Hospital, which have already delivered more than 280,000 tests since expansion began in 2023, with further activity planned before March 2026.
CDC programmes are a key part of the NHS’s strategy to expand diagnostic capacity outside hospital settings, reduce pressure on acute sites and enable faster, more local access to care for patients across England.