The £10 million centre, located in Salmon Fields,, opens on 19 December and is one of the first six CDCs in the region and one of the country’s largest out-of-hospital diagnostic centres.
More than 30,000 patients a year across the local and wider Greater Manchester area will benefit from this facility.
The CDC is part of the Government’s £2.3 billion national investment to open up to 160 CDCs by 2025
closer to patients’ homes, helping to diagnose a range of conditions including cancer, heart and lung disease quicker and ensuring patients are treated faster. The new one-stop-shops for
checks, scans and tests will provide up to 9 million additional tests a year by 2025.
Oldham CDC will open 7 days a week, 8am to 8pm, and will provide the latest cutting edge diagnostic imaging technology, heart and lung tests and blood tests. Patients are referred
to the centre by their GP or healthcare professional.
Next year will see the opening of a new unit at the Oldham CDC that will deliver endoscopy services.
Barney Schofield, Director of Planning and Delivery at the Northern Care Alliance said:
“This new centre will be a tremendous asset for the people of Oldham and well beyond, helping us to achieve our ambitions of saving lives and improving lives. Too many people wait too long for tests and have to unnecessarily come to a hospital site for a test. The new centre will help us to make great improvements to our patient care.”
Minister of State for Health Will Quince said:
“We’re delivering millions of extra life-saving tests, checks and scans in the heart of communities with centres like Oldham’s, which is backed by nearly £10 million of government funding, so patients across Manchester can get quicker diagnoses close to home.
