Community Diagnostic Centre

The new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at Askham Bar Community Care Centre, York, and offers a range of services to help diagnose life-threatening conditions, such as cancer and heart problems, more quickly.

Provided in partnership with Nimbuscare, the CDC offers a provides a broad range of diagnostics, including checks, scans and tests which patients can be referred to by their GP.

What we do

MRI and CT scans
Ultrasound
Spirometry
Lung function and FeNO (fractional exhaled nitric oxide)
Ambulatory blood pressure recordings and electrocardiography (ECG)
Holter testing
Echocardiography (Echo)
Dual - Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA)
Phlebotomy - Blood testing
Point of Care Testing (POCT)

Opening times

The centre is open Monday to Friday between 8am to 6pm.

CT scanning is also available on Saturdays between 8am to mid-day.

Maternity access at York Hospital - Saturday 22 February

On Saturday 22 February, 8am-6pm, there will be a temporary change of vehicle access to the maternity unit at York Hospital. Access via entrance 2 will be closed to allow essential works to be completed.

If you are attending the maternity unit at York on this day, please drive in via the entrance for A&E (marked blue light priority).

The multi-storey car park will not be affected by this change, and any non-urgent visitors should continue to park in this area.