Patients needing a scan to diagnose conditions such as cancer will be able to get them on the high street under new plans being considered by the NHS.
Health Service chiefs are drawing up plans for a reported 160 one-stop shops to provide routine checks and increase the likelihood of early diagnosis for cancer, heart disease and dementia.
They want to "radically overhaul" the way X-rays, MRI and CT scans are delivered with the innovative new set ups. The hubs could also provide people with blood tests six days a week, lung function tests and endoscopy, without the need to go to hospital.
Bigger centres could offer mammograms, eye services, scans for pregnant women, hearing tests and gynaecological services. CT scanning capacity would double
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