Health bosses say the new site will enable patients to get tests and scans closer to home
Plans have been unveiled for a new NHS diagnostic centre in Leicestershire.
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board wants to build the £14.5m facility at Hinckley and District Hospital. Patients will be able to get health checks, scans and tests closer to home without having to go to a larger hospital, it said.The government-funded proposal also includes two rooms for carrying out endoscopy examinations, and replacing the existing single endoscopy room, which is "old and requires updating".If successful, the unit would provide planned surgical procedures in hospital for patients who would then be able to return home on the same day.
The proposals also include moving the physiotherapy facilities from a portable building on the Mount Road site into the Hinckley Hub on Rugby Road, as well as carrying out improvements to the interior of Hinckley Health Centre.These include building a new standalone unit, making changes to part of the existing hospital to accommodate the unit, or making the unit part of the new Community Diagnostic Centre.
"With the recent government investment in new community diagnostic centres, we now have a fantastic opportunity to provide more services closer to patients' homes, in modern, fit for purpose buildings that meet the needs of a growing and ageing population."People have until 8 March
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