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Community Diagnostic Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department informs all (a) GPs and (b) care providers when a new Community Diagnostic Centre opens for referrals in the nearby area.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 16 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department informs all (a) GPs and (b) care providers when a new Community Diagnostic Centre opens for referrals in the nearby area.
16 May 2025
Target answer date
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16 May 2025
Answer published
The local community diagnostic centre (CDC) for patients in Shropshire is the Shrewsbury, Telford and Wrekin CDC. The CDC is located at Hollinswood House in Telford, TF3 3BD. Patients requiring tests will also be referred to other settings as appropriate,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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