The money will be used to install two more MRIs and CT scanners at the CDC on Lister Gate, in Nottingham.

Dr Katharine Halliday, NUH clinical lead for the CDC, said: ‘The CDC building was always designed to house the additional equipment, but we are really pleased that we have been able to secure early funding for the additional MRI and CT scanners.

‘This means that once the CDC opens, we can offer significantly more daily testing from the start.

‘Our CDC will make a real difference to patients, delivering faster diagnoses and helping reduce waiting times, all in a community setting.

‘It is an important new facility for us and the investment confirms our ongoing commitment to ensure that our local populations have quicker access to diagnostic services, in a location that is convenient to them.'

Th facility will now have access to three MRIs and three CT scanners, which will significantly increase the number of these tests able to be delivered at the CDC when it opens. Once at full capacity, the CDC will provide up to 140,000 diagnostic tests every year.

Broad Marsh CDC will officially become NUH's fifth site (which also includes City Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Ropewalk House and the National Rehabilitation Centre). 

Henry Brothers Construction has been carrying out the enabling works on the site and will be carrying out the building work to create the CDC, which aims to welcome its first patients in 2027.