Diagnostic services

The new Tees Valley Diagnostic Centre offers rapid scans, tests and checks for a number of health issues in an out of hospital setting.

The new centre offers diagnostic functions including:

• CT scans

• MRI scans

• Ultrasound scans

• X-rays

• Cardiac investigations (including ECG and echocardiology)

• Blood tests

• Respiratory checks (spirometry and lung function)

The hub also has clinic rooms to allow clinical staff to see patients on the site as part of new diagnostic pathways.

Diagnostic centres across the region have already helped deliver tens of thousands of tests for patients, helping reduce pressures in hospital locations and provide people with quicker appointment dates.

The plans for Stockton are part of a wider transformation of the high street led by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.

We currently provide diagnostic care in hospital and at the Lawson Street Health Centre by specialists. Patients with ‘nonspecific symptoms’ which could be linked to cancer or other illness are seen within two weeks.

The centre is run jointly by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with support from the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

A range of transport links are connected to the site, including by bus, train and car.

Spoke sites

The diagnostic hub is supported by three other sites where you may also have diagnostic care. They are located at: