Enabling works are set to begin at the site, which will open in 2026, following the signing of contracts between landlord Homes England and operator Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Health minister Karin Smyth, said: ‘The Broad Marsh Community Diagnostic Centre will make a real difference to patients, delivering faster diagnoses and helping reduce waiting times, all closer to home. 

‘Its location, in Nottingham city centre, will make getting tests, checks or scans simpler and more convenient, something we're replicating across the country through centres like this one.

‘By bringing vital healthcare services into the community, we're making diagnosis and treatment more accessible for everyone. Thanks to the investment and reform our Plan for Change is delivering, the Government is cutting waiting times and building an NHS fit for the future.'

The facility is one of a number of CDCs being funded by the DHSC, which aim to improve population health outcomes and efficiency, as well as reduce waiting times and health inequalities. 

The ‘one-stop shop' will support Nottingham's clinicians and patients by providing direct access to diagnostics services such as MRI, CT, x-ray, ultrasound, echocardiography, ECG and lung function testing in a facility nearer to home rather than in an acute hospital setting.

Once at full capacity, the site will provide up to 140,000 appointments annually. It is also expected to create 75 new jobs across a range of disciplines, including consultant radiologists, radiographers, imaging assistants, physiologists and administrators. When the unit is at full capacity it will employ 135 staff.