Accessing diagnostic tests has become a little easier for patients in East Sussex with the opening of a one-stop Community Diagnostic Centre in Bexhill.

The state-of-the-art centre will be open five days a week and offer a range of diagnostic and outpatient treatments that would normally be carried out in hospital.

Diagnostics services include x-rays, echo-electrocardiogram (ECGs), ultrasound, lung function and phlebotomy, as well as MRI and CT scans on a rotating basis.

Outpatient care at the centre will include ECGs, fitting of wearable blood pressure monitors and consultant appointments.

The centre will help reduce waiting times, which is a key priority in NHS Sussex’s latest ‘Improving Lives Together’ strategy that sets out its health and care ambitions for the next five years.