Our plans in the community
To support care closer to home, we are also transforming the services we give to people out of hospital, also known as community services.
Halifax Community Diagnostic Centre at Broad Street Plaza
Our Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Halifax opened in July 2024. The purpose-built centre gives people the option to have diagnostic tests closer to home, without the need to come into a hospital.
The centre provides planned outpatient tests, including x-rays, ultrasounds, and CT scans, as well as other diagnostic testing, including blood pressure and heart monitoring. It has also expanded services to seeing patients on other pathways, including tele-dermatology, breathlessness, gynaecology, and children and young people’s asthma.
The building is equipped with modern facilities and state-of-the-art equipment. It is easily accessible to patients in the centre of Halifax, close to numerous car parks and a five-minute walk from Halifax Bus Station.
In a typical week, over 1,500 tests are completed at Halifax CDC. This includes over 400 drop-in bloods tests per week (7days per week), 500 X-Rays, 200 CT scans, over 100 US scans and 50 ECHOs.
Our vision is for our CDCs in Halifax and Huddersfield to run the majority of diagnostic tests and activity that would normally be done in a hospital.
Sarah Clenton, Deputy Director of Operations, explains more about what our CDC does: How Halifax CDC is making it easier, quicker & more convenient for patients to access tests!
Take a look around Halifax CDC:
Huddersfield Community Diagnostic Centre, Health Innovation Campus, Huddersfield University
Huddersfield Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC)
Our Huddersfield Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) is currently under construction and is due to be completed in January 2026.
As part of the development of the Huddersfield CDC, patients can now be seen for cardiorespiratory tests, ultrasound scans or drop-in phlebotomy in the Daphne Steele Building at the University of Huddersfield.
The centre will be on a part of the University of Huddersfield’s National Health Innovation Campus (NHIC), which is a 6,800m² facility on Southgate named the Emily Siddon Building. This will be the first of its kind centre on a university campus.
The CDC will provide access to thousands of additional diagnostic tests for the people of Calderdale and Huddersfield, including MRI and CT scans, in the heart of Huddersfield. It will be the second Community Diagnostic Centre for the Trust, following the opening of our first CDC in Broad Street Plaza in central Halifax.
Other floors of the building will contain specialist clinical teaching facilities which will also be delivered in partnership with the Trust, including new course areas relating to the work of the CDC, such as Diagnostic Radiography. Work with other partners will allow for further developments, such as a course in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy.
The National Health Innovation Campus will work with partners across the region to contribute to the improved health and wellbeing of local communities and enhance educational facilities for Huddersfield University healthcare students.
Take a look around Huddersfield CDC in these artist impressions
Calderdale Community Services at Bowling Mill, Dean Clough, Halifax
Bowling Mill at Dean Clough is now home to the following community services in Calderdale, who moved from Beechwood Medical Centre and Calderdale Royal Hospital in April and May 2025,
- Amputee Outpatient Service
- Bladder and Bowel Outpatient Service
- Lymphoedema Outpatient Service
- Podiatry Outpatient clinics
- Outpatient Physiotherapy
- Community Therapies, Urgent Community Response (UCR), and District Nursing Hubs.
Bowling Mill gives patients a purpose-built space for therapies, at the heart of the Halifax community. The refurbishment makes the most out of the original mill building features and natural light which can boost mood, and improve the wellbeing and experience of patients, and colleagues.
Patients and clinical experts have been a key part of how the space has been designed at Dean Clough, which has created a fantastic environment to best support their needs.
You can read about how people’s experiences and views helped us improve the services we provide at Bowling Mill: Community services move to Dean Clough Mills
