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Bedford & Kempston MP, Mohammad Yasin (Labour) outside Gilbert Hitchcock House, Kimbolton Road, Bedford. Image: Office of Mohammad Yasin MP

Bedford diagnostic centre set for expansion under new NHS funding

The Community Diagnostic Centre on Kimbolton Road in Bedford will expand with new clinical rooms as part of a £237 million national NHS programme. The centre on Kimbolton Road...
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NHS Staff celebrate the opening of a new look Gilbert Hitchcock House 2 October 2025 Image Robert Oakley

£24m Community Diagnostic Centre opens at Bedford Hospital Health Village

A new £24 million Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has been opened at Bedford Hospital’s Gilbert Hitchcock House, marking a major step in transforming health services for local people...
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Bedford Hospital North Wing / Gilbert Hitchcock House on Kimbolton Road

Work to begin on new multi-million-pound health hub at Bedford North Wing

Bedford Borough Council has confirmed that work is due to start "imminently" to create the new £24 million Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) and Primary Care Facilities at Bedford North Wing...
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NHS hydrotherapy services to resume in January

Hydrotherapy pool services are due to resume in Bedford from next year, after stopping during the Covid pandemic, a meeting heard. Patients with conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, chronic pain...
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Pressure mounts to secure the return of hydrotherapy services to Bedford

Since its closure in 2019, Bedford's hydrotherapy pool at Gilbert Hitchcock House has been much missed by the patients that relied on it. Deemed uneconomical to repair in 2019, hydrotherapy services...
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New booking system for blood tests launched at Gilbert Hitchcock House

Blood test appointments from 1 March onwards at Gilbert Hitchcock House (North Wing) can now be made using their new booking system. Patients can now book a blood test, sometimes on the same day, and there will be early appointments...
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Frustration as blood tests cancelled at Bedford Hospital due to UK-wide supplier shortages

Frustrated patients are being turned away from blood test appointments at Bedford Hospital due to logistics problems with a supplier to the NHS...
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Figures show dramatic collapse in local hydrotherapy care since NHS pool closure

Furious Bedford councillors will be firing off an angry letter to the town’s hospital and health commissioners over the closure of a well-used hydrotherapy...
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Bedford hydrotherapy pool latest: Too costly to reopen says CCG report

Hydrotherapy services for Bedfordshire are to be shared around other pool facilities after a series of problems at the current site, says a report to...
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