The first patients to undergo potentially life-saving tests at South Tyneside District Hospital's new £10m integrated diagnostic centre have welcomed the "wonderful" new building.
The centre - built in partnership by the South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Trust and the firm Alliance Medical - is part of the trust's effort to bring down waiting lists and make vital diagnostic tests such as CT and MRI scans more convenient for patients. Work began on the building in January 2022, following planning permission being granted in the previous December.
It has been built on the site of now-demolished buildings historically used as nurses accommodation. Sunderland-based firm Brims carried out the construction.
