The Metrocentre will host one of 19 new community diagnostic centres (CDCs) - designed to offer patients a "one-stop shop" for medical scans and tests in the community.
This, a possibility first reported by ChronicleLive in August 2022, will see an expansion of the services currently available at Blaydon Primary Care Centre and a new £20m facility in the Metrocentre. The Department of Health and Social Care on Monday said tens of thousands of patients around England would benefit from quicker access to tests.
The NHS facility is understood to be moving into part of the old House of Fraser store in the shopping centre.
