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Corby Community Diagnostic Centre celebrates its first birthday

Corby CDC team celebrate first birthday

Corby Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) is marking its first anniversary after a successful year providing thousands of tests and scans for local patients.

The £11.7m facility, which opened in June 2025, delivered more than 55,000 diagnostic tests and scans in its first nine months, with around 94,000 tests expected to be delivered over the next year. 

The Centre - also known as Broadleaf House - is open seven days a week from 8am to 8pm for pre-booked appointments and supports GPs and hospital teams to diagnose a range of conditions earlier.

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We sign pioneering agreement with fire service

Signing of fire concordat

A hospital group has signed a pioneering agreement with its local fire service to enhance safety for patients, visitors and staff

  University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) NHS Group and Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) have become one of the first hospital trusts and fire services in the country to sign a concordat, strengthening their joint commitment to fire safety.

 

The agreement sets out how both organisations will work together to improve fire safety, helping to protect patients, staff, visitors and buildings, while supporting compliance with national guidance.

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