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Healthcare

Portsmouth Community Diagnostic Centre (Rodney Road)

An existing NHS building at Rodney Road has been adapted into a community diagnostic centre run through a partnership between Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and Alliance Medical. The centre is treating patients and offers MRI, CT, X-ray and ultrasound outside the acute hospital setting.[1][2][3]

Current position

The pin uses the location embedded in Alliance Medical’s centre page. It is an approximate facility location, not a surveyed building footprint.

Benefits

  • Adds diagnostic capacity in Portsmouth, alongside services transferred from existing premises.
  • The site also brings together blood testing, cardiology, neurophysiology, lung-function and audiology services.

Timeline

25 August 2026
Trust reports refurbishment and equipment installation, ahead of an October opening.

October 2026
The centre begins treating patients; local opening report published 15 October.[5]

Latest developments

Healthcare · 15 October 2026

Portsmouth opens community diagnostic centre offering MRI and CT scans

A new NHS community diagnostic centre has begun treating patients at Rodney Road in Portsmouth. The facility provides MRI, CT, X-ray and ultrasound outside Queen Alexandra Hospital, through a partnership between Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and Alliance Medical. It adds scanning capacity and brings together other diagnostic services, some transferred from existing premises.

Sources
  1. porthosp.nhs.uk ↗
  2. portsmouth.co.uk ↗
  3. alliancemedical.co.uk ↗
  4. cqc.org.uk ↗
  5. healthwatchportsmouth.co.uk ↗