The installation of the building extension, which is made up of 10 large modular units, will be connected to the current hospital and offer computerised tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, as well as expanding the ultrasound capacity.

Stephen Hepworth, director of planning and contracting at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: ‘This is an exciting phase of the CDC development as the installation of the building extension is now complete following some construction delays. We can now begin the internal installing the diagnostic equipment and the interior design of the extension.'

The new CDC services, which are due to start by the end of the year, will complement the diagnostic services already provided at Woking Community Hospital, which include x-ray, paediatric audiology, adult audiology, ophthalmology, dermatology, bone density (dexa) scanning, ultrasound and cardiac and respiratory testing.

The development will prevent the need for 30,000 hospital visits outside of Woking annually.

It is part of the wider CDC plans across the Surrey Heartlands health and care system and is being developed by Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, working in collaboration with CSH Surrey, primary care, Alliance Medical Ltd and partners operating out of Woking Community Hospital.