PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Community Diagnostic Centres (28 October 2024)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Victoria Atkins (Conservative)
Answer
As of the end of June 2024, community diagnostics centres (CDCs) had delivered 9,292,578 tests, checks and scans since the 2021 Spending Review at the end of October. Over this period, the diagnostic waiting list has increased from 1,428,415 as at the end of October 2021 where 356,784 (25.0%) people were waiting over six weeks, to 1,639,813 at the end of June 2024 where 375,416 (23.9%) people were waiting over 6-weeks for a diagnostic test. 2024/25 NHS Operational Planning Guidance set an objective for just 5% to be waiting six weeks. Due to seasonal effects, some care should be exercised when comparing six week wait percentages figures in different months of the year.
CDC activity data is published monthly and cannot be provided up to a specific date within that month. Published CDC activity data details activity from July 2021 to August 2024. This is available at the following link:
Monthly activity and waiting list data for diagnostics is published monthly and is available at the following link:
The following table lists the number of checks, tests and scans delivered in each of the requested months across 2024:
Month | CDC activity delivered since Oct-21 Spending Review | CDC activity delivered in each month |
Jan-24 | 6,841,026 | 393,742 |
Feb-24 | 7,279,148 | 438,122 |
Mar-24 | 7,826,454 | 547,306 |
Apr-24 | 8,263,510 | 437,056 |
May-24 | 8,718,759 | 455,249 |
Jun-24 | 9,292,578 | 573,819 |
Jul-24 | 9,771,674 | 479,096 |
Source: NHS England
Answered by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
31 October 2024
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