Henry Brothers has been appointed to build the new Broad Marsh Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Nottingham.
Enabling work is due to start at the city centre site on Lister Gate at the end of the month.
Contracts have now been signed 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.
Ian Taylor, MD of Henry Brothers, said: “Henry Brothers has wide experience of delivering exciting public sector schemes in the health sector and we look forward to working closely with Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.”
Henry Brothers are widely experienced in the healthcare construction sector. In the last year, the company has been a part of the £15m Belper health centre build, as well as Leicester Hospital's new endoscopy unit and £12m endoscopy unit at Queen’s Medical Centre.
With Henry Brothers on board for the construction, they will join the ranks of Arup and Leonard Design on the project.
Arup are the structural and civil engineers on the scheme, which has been designed by Leonard Design.
Ben Bowley, Director at Leonard Design, said: “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 concept for Nottingham
The CDC has been designed to be a ‘one-stop shop’ to support Nottingham’s clinicians and patients by providing direct access to diagnostics services such as MRI, CT, X-ray, ultrasound, echocardiography, ECG, and lung function testing in a facility nearer to home rather than in an acute hospital setting. This allows for more rapid diagnosis of conditions such as cancer, which in turn will help patients access the life-saving treatments they need more quickly.
Health Minister, Karin Smyth said: “[The CDC’s] 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.
Smyth also reflects on how this is enacting the government’s “Plan for Change”.
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
The design and build journey so far
Over the last 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 convenient location near to the new Broad Marsh bus station and car park, as well as being a short walk from the train station and tram stop, are key to the community-based nature of the CDC.
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.
Whilst construction is in progress, NUH will continue to provide community-based diagnostics tests behind NEMS Platform One, near the Nottingham Railway Station.
The CDC will open later in 2026 and once at full capacity will provide up to 140,000 appointments annually.
The site is also expected to create 75 new jobs across a range of disciplines including consultant radiologists, radiographers, imaging assistants, physiologists and administrators.
When the unit is at full capacity, it will employ 135 staff.