Prior Information Notice (PIN) for Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs)

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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) “the Authority” are seeking to engage the market and begin open dialogue with suitably experienced and qualified health care providers with a specialist knowledge or interest in diagnostics. The Authority will be looking to have open dialogue with providers on a wide range of topics relating to the national CDC programme and Trust imaging equipment replacement programmes. Lot 1: Locally, the CDC programme of work is part of the national diagnostics programme with the mandate of assuring that every region has access to a community diagnostic centre. It is a nationwide programme which spans across imaging, phlebotomy, endoscopy services and physiological measurements alongside expectations on enablers including digital, workforce planning and clinical pathways. The CDC programme is expected to take 5 years with a national budget of £2.3B and is led by NHSE with the aim of increasing diagnostic capacity in the community. The CDC strategy for the mid and south Essex region will be utilise a hub a spoke model with 4 centres of various sizes aligned with our main health economies in Basildon, Southend, Thurrock and mid Essex. Centres will deliver a range of diagnostics including but not limited to; CT, MR, US, Xray, Endoscopy, Phlebotomy, Echocardiography, Ophthalmology and Physiological Measurements.