The Broad Marsh Community Diagnostic Centre (see CGI image) has reached a significant milestone, with enabling works due to start at the Nottingham city centre site on Lister Gate.
This key stage in the programme follows the formal signing of contracts between Homes England – the new landlords of the site – and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) – who will run and staff the centre.
The new NHS facility is one of a number of CDCs being funded by the Department for Health and Social Care, which aim to improve population health outcomes and efficiency, as well as reduce waiting times and health inequalities. Health Minister. Karin Smyth, said: “The Broad Marsh Community Diagnostic Centre will make a real difference to patients, delivering faster diagnoses and helping reduce waiting times, all closer to home. Its location, in Nottingham City Centre, will make getting tests, checks or scans, simpler and more convenient, something we’re replicating across the country through centres like this one.
“Over the past year, the Broad Marsh CDC project team has been working with both the old and new landlords of the city site – Nottingham City Council and Homes England – on design approval. The complexity of the site – including its connection to the main Broad Marsh centre structure, and the existence of asbestos, has meant a longer design and evaluation period. Now that contracts are in place it means that enabling works can begin shortly, with Henry Brothers Construction appointed to lead on the build.”
Amanda Sullivan, CEO at NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, added: “Our CDC will not only help improve the health of the local population and meet the growing demand for diagnostic services, but it will also help free up capacity in our hospitals, providing a better patient experience for many more people across our hospital sites.”
While construction is in progress, NUH will continue to provide community-based diagnostics tests behind NEMS Platform One, near the Nottingham Railway Station.
Alison Crofton, Chief Property Officer at Homes England, said: “This is an important milestone in the transformation of Broad Marsh, and will form part of the vital services and infrastructure that will support a cohesive and thriving community.”
Ben Bowley, director at Leonard Design, said: “It has been a pleasure working with the project team to design this new facility for NUH. As a Nottingham-based consultancy it is very important to Leonard Design to be able work with local stakeholders to positively contribute to transforming our local area through a collaborative design process.”
The CDC will open later in 2026, and once at full capacity will provide up to 140,000 appointments annually. It is also expected to create 75 new jobs across a range of disciplines, including consultant radiologists, radiographers, imaging assistants, physiologists, and administrators. At full capacity it will employ 135 staff.
