The CDCs, worth a combined £29.4m, will offer up to 300,000 additional diagnostic tests every year.

NHS Humber Health Partnership Group chief strategy and partnerships officer, Ivan McConnell, said: ‘These centres will help to make a significant difference to patients across northern Lincolnshire, providing additional appointments in easily accessible locations.

‘Not only will patients no longer have to come to our busy hospital sites for these tests, but the centres will also provide greater flexibility, with early morning, evening and weekend appointments available. In order to offer these additional services, we have already recruited additional expert clinical staff for these new centres, some of which will also rotate between the centres and providing acute care in our hospitals.

‘Another benefit of providing these additional appointments away from our hospital sites is that it frees up clinicians working in our hospitals to care for patients requiring acute care, reducing the amount of time inpatients need to wait for diagnostic tests – and, of course, with less people coming to our hospitals there will also be less demand for parking too.

‘We have also been very deliberate in siting these two new Community Diagnostic Centres in the heart of the town centres of Grimsby and Scunthorpe, helping to drive more people into these areas and support local businesses.'