With just over a month to go until opening, it is all go at our new Southgate Community Diagnostic Centre. Located in the Emily Siddon Building, Southgate, Huddersfield, the CDC is an important part of The University of Huddersfield’s National Health Innovation Campus (NHIC), and it is the first of its kind on a university campus.
Similar to Broad Street Plaza CDC, Southgate will give people access to thousands of additional diagnostic tests, including MRI and CT scans, in the heart of Huddersfield. It is close to the town centre, including the train station, bus station and other local amenities.
Other floors of the Emily Siddon building will contain specialist clinical teaching facilities which will also be delivered in partnership with CHFT, including new course areas relating to the work of the CDC, such as Diagnostic Radiography. Work with other partners will allow for further developments, such as a course in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy. The whole facility is designed to be an innovative way for students to learn, with new equipment and state of the art simulation suites, and then put learning into real practice.
Director of Operations, Families and Specialist Services, Sarah Clenton, said: "It is fantastic to see our Southgate CDC so close to completion. We know how much our patients and colleagues really like the environment we created at Broad Street CDC which is warm, inviting and de-medicalised, which I hope people will feel when they come into Southgate. There have been a lot of people in the Trust involved in getting to this stage, and I am looking forward to being able to welcome colleagues and patients to the new CDC."
In the photos attached you can see how the CDC, and Emily Siddon Building, are shaping up ahead of completion later this month.
The National Health Innovation Campus will also work with partners across the region, including CHFT, to contribute to the improved health and wellbeing of local communities and enhance educational facilities for Huddersfield University healthcare students.
You can see what the Emily Siddon building, including the CDC, will look like on completion in this flythrough video.