Peterborough’s new Diagnostic Centre to open in December
New centre will see 70,000 tests carried out every year
The new Community Diagnostics Centre in Peterborough will open next month, it has been revealed.
The centre, which is currently being built in Wellington Street, will offer CT, MRI, Dexa, Xray, Ultrasound and Fibroscan, as well as Cardiology and Respiratory diagnostic services .
Councillors on Peterborough City Council’s Prevention, Independence and Resilience Scrutiny Committee will hear an update on the progress being made at the facility - and the benefits it will bring to residents when it does open.
A report to the committee says the centre is ‘on track to open in December 2026.’
The report adds: “Once open this facility will deliver an additional 70,000 diagnostic tests per annum and provides opportunity to transform how primary care can access diagnostic services in this area. “
The report says that recruitment for key positions is underway.
Councillors will also be told that while the new site is not yet open, patients are already seeing benefits from it.
The report, from the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, says: “Ahead of the go live of the CDC on the Wellington St site, in the centre of the city, we are benefiting from additional MRI scanning capacity (125 scans per week), utilising the scanner which has been purchased for the CDC but has a temporary home on the PCH site.”
Construction of the facility began in August 2025, following the demolition of a health centre complex that was previously located on the site.
The Prevention, Independence and Resilience Scrutiny Committee will meet at 6pm on Tuesday, November 17 at the council’s Sand Martin House offices at Fletton Quays.
To read the full agenda, visit https://democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=825&MId=5421