Corby Community Diagnostic Centre celebrates its 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.
These include cancer, respiratory diseases, cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes. The CDC is also developing new pathways to make it easier to coordinate tests for conditions such as dementia, children's asthma and breathlessness. Some of these are already being piloted.
Director of Strategy for the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group, Polly Grimmett, said: “Corby Community Diagnostic Centre has had a strong first year and is delivering what it was set up to do, providing high-quality diagnostic tests for local people in a convenient setting away from our main Kettering General Hospital site.
"It is helping more patients to be seen closer to home and supporting earlier diagnosis across a range of conditions. We're pleased with the progress so far and will continue to build on this to improve access for our communities.”
Over its first year, Corby CDC has provided:
· 5,145 MRI scans
· 8,171 CT scans
· 8,745 ultrasound scans
· 3,139 echocardiography tests
· over 25,000 blood tests
Alongside a range of cardiac investigations and respiratory tests.
Claire Day, UHN Programme Lead for our Community Diagnostic Centres, said: “At Corby we are proud to offer a wide range of diagnostic tests in one place, including MRI, CT, ultrasound, phlebotomy, echocardiography, respiratory testing and cardiac investigations.
“The centre was developed to make it easier for people to access tests closer to home, meaning many patients no longer need to travel to Kettering General Hospital for routine diagnostics.”
"We've had really positive feedback from patients about the environment and the care they receive, and our teams have created a service that is welcoming, efficient and focused on patient experience.”
The Corby site is run by University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group in partnership with Alliance Medical, who provide MRI and CT services. To find out more visit the Kettering General Hospital website (https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/community-diagnostic-centres---local-community-engagement-session/)