Written question asked by Melanie Onn (Labour) on Monday, 22 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 June 2026. It was answered by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 June 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Community Diagnostic Centres
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate has been made of the percentage of appointments made in Community Diagnostic Centres; and if he will publish them.
- Original answer
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The DM01 Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity dataset is a monthly National Health Service statistical return that tracks waiting times and completed procedures for 15 key diagnostic tests across England. Further information is available at the following link:
The percentage of non-emergency DM01 elective tests carried out in community diagnostic centres for 2025/26 was 17.7%. There are no plans to publish this data.
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The answer was corrected by Karin Smyth (Labour)
on Tuesday, 30 June 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
- Corrected answer
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The DM01 Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity dataset is a monthly National Health Service statistical return that tracks waiting times and completed procedures for 15 key diagnostic tests across England.
Further information is available at the following link:The percentage of non-emergency DM01 elective tests carried out in community diagnostic centres for 2025/26 was 17.7%. There are no plans to publish this data.Data for all settings is available at the following link:
Data for community diagnostic centres (CDCs) specifically is available at the following link:
CDC data is management information and so subject to less validation than official statistics.
The estimated percentage of non-emergency DM01 elective tests carried in CDCs for 2025/26 was 17.7%.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 11677
- Session
- 2026-27
- Subjects
- Community diagnostic centres
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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