The new Tees Valley Diagnostic Centre offers diagnostic functions including:
CT scans
MRI scans
Ultrasound scans
X-rays
Cardiac investigations (including ECG and echocardiology)
Blood tests
Respiratory checks (spirometry and lung function)
The hub also has clinic rooms to allow clinical staff to see patients on the site as part of new diagnostic pathways.
Diagnostic centres across the region have already helped deliver tens of thousands of tests for patients, helping reduce pressures in hospital locations and provide people with quicker appointment dates.
The plans for Stockton are part of a wider transformation of the high street led by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.
We currently provide diagnostic care in hospital and at the Lawson Street Health Centre by specialists. Patients with ‘nonspecific symptoms’ which could be linked to cancer or other illness are seen within two weeks.
The centre is run jointly by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with support from the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.
A range of transport links are connected to the site, including by bus, train and car.
Spoke sites
The diagnostic hub will be supported by three ‘spoke’ sites where you may also have diagnostic care. They are located at:
Redcar Primary Care Hospital
West Dyke Road
Redcar
Cleveland
TS10 4NW
Endoscopy, echocardiology, lung tests, MRI scans, ultrasound, plain film.
Friarage Hospital
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL6 1JG
Endoscopy, CT scans, MRI scans, ultrasound, plain film.
University Hospital of Hartlepool
Holdforth Road
Hartlepool
TS24 9AH
Endoscopy, cardiology, CT scans, MRI scans, ultrasound, plain film.