The Montagu CDC provides a broad range of elective diagnostics, including checks, scans, and tests.
The service benefits from its location away from an acute hospital, by reducing emergency care demand in other hospitals and providing quicker access to tests in a convenient location.
What services are available within the Montagu CDC service?
The Endoscopy Suite, located on the second floor within the main entrance building, offers endoscopy testing, Oral and Maxillofacial service, a Dermoscopy clinic, alongside a liver screening and surveillance service. It offers additional appointments for patients throughout South Yorkshire, including supporting Sheffield Teaching Hospitals in reducing its waiting list through a mutual aid scheme by providing appointments at the CDC.
The Imaging Suite is located to the rear of the Montagu Hospital site, accessed via Gate 4. It offers MRI, CT and Ultrasound testing, with 80,000 additional appointments available within its first year of service.
Inside the Endoscopy Suite
Inside the Imaging Suite
Take a look around the Montagu CDC Imaging Suite here.
The Imaging Suite has been equipped with the latest technology and calming décor to make the patient experience a more comfortable one.
Sara Elliott, Head of Radiography at DBTH, explains what the Medical Imaging team have done to ensure the patient feels relaxed during their procedure.
Are there any further services joining the CDC?
The Oral and Maxillofacial service have recently moved into the CDC clinical rooms, helping to maximising their service by enabling clinicians to work collaboratively, improving cancer pathways, and increasing capacity.
The CDC has also incorporated a Dermoscopy clinic, alongside liver screening and surveillance.
What are CDCs?
CDCs are a national program to ensure everyone has the same access to quality care and improved health outcomes. There are over 160 similar centres across England, focused on delivering:
- Improvements in population health outcomes
- Increased diagnostic capacity through investments in new facilities, equipment, and clinical training
- Enhanced service productivity and efficiency
- Reduction in health inequalities
- A better, more personalised diagnostic experience
- Support for the integration of care across primary, secondary, and community care.
Investing in Montagu Hospital
The CDC represents a significant investment in the Montagu Hospital site. Starting in 2021, Montagu Hospital was selected to host one of a pair of ‘Community Diagnostic Centres’ (CDC) within South Yorkshire, following a £3 million investment from the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System (ICS).
The CDC project began in January 2022 with a mobile MRI and CT scanner placed on site. Following this initial development, the Trust received funding of just over £9 million to take the project to its second phase in July 2022, with the development of a fully functional endoscopy suite including ultrasound facilities and other supportive clinical spaces.
Alongside this, a purpose-built facility housing an imaging suite was constructed to complete the CDC service. It contains Static CT, MRI and ultrasound scanning facilities, allowing for a substantial increase in the site’s capacity to undertake diagnostic tests for illnesses such as cancer.
Additionally, the CDC project has supported the build of an onsite generator capable of meeting the energy demands of the medical imaging equipment whilst also future-proofing the site for any further service expansion.
More about Montagu CDC
Take a look at Montagu CDC in the news.
Montagu CDC Imaging Suite opens to the public
New Imaging Suite at Montagu Hospital set to expand diagnostic services
Other stories
- Montagu Hospital to develop one-stop-shop for diagnostic testing
- Montagu Hospital’s Community Diagnostic Centre enters phase one
- Almost 2,500 scans completed at Montagu Hospital
- Further funding achieved as Montagu’s CDC limbers up for phase two
- £16 million investment coming to Montagu Hospital to increase testing capacity
- Montagu Hospital marks expansion of Community Diagnostic Centre services with ground breaking ceremony
- Local Hospital marks milestone in Community Diagnostic Centre Construction at Montagu Hospital
- Local hospital invites residents to contribute to time capsule for Montagu Community Diagnostic Centre
- Ed Miliband tours new imaging suite development and lays time capsule in historic ceremony at Montagu Hospital
- Students in Dearne Valley gain hands-on construction experience at Montagu Hospital
- New imaging facility marks a crucial stage of development in topping out ceremony at Montagu Hospital
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