Teesside CDC signs up for Siemens Healthineers Value Partnership to boost health outcomes in the region

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have announced the first community diagnostic centre (CDC) Value Partnership to be collaboratively delivered with Siemens Healthineers. The seven-year partnership places efficiency, scalability and patient care at its core. Once fully operational, the CDC is set to deliver up to 104,000 checks, scans and tests a year.

A fleet of nine imaging systems will be provided, including CT, MRI, x-ray and ultrasound equipment from Siemens Healthineers. Support includes maintenance of the systems and additional services to bolster prostate cancer pathways and productivity including digital AI, consulting, workforce planning and education.

Delivered by the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, the CDC supports efforts to address health inequalities in the area by ensuring a collaborative, community-based approach.

Tees Valley CDC will benefit from digital AI solutions as part of the partnership. Utilising AI-Rad Companion from Siemens Healthineers, standardised reporting of scans will enable more effective prostate cancer pathways, helping to support productivity and patient throughput. Support from Siemens Healthineers Consulting includes a tailored transformation programme featuring a project to help increase the daily number of patients receiving MRI scans by up to 40 per cent.

The partnership will also support upskilling the workforce with training and education opportunities to meet the CDC’s requirements. Among the equipment supplied by Siemens Healthineers are two Somatom X.cite CT systems, equipped with the guidance of myExam Companion to automate results, as well as Tin Filter technology to optimise dose efficiency. There will also be two Magnetom Sola MRI systems, a Ysio X.pree x-ray and two Acuson Sequoia ultrasound systems.

“Integrating advanced imaging systems and AI solutions enables us to provide quicker, more effective diagnostics and treatment, while the community setting brings essential services closer to our patients,” said diagnostic services lead for responsive care at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust Gail Griffiths. “Together with South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Siemens Healthineers we aim to transform healthcare delivery in our region and significantly improve outcomes.”

Picture: Siemens Healthineers Great Britain and Ireland regional sales manager Lee Charlton, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust diagnostic services lead Gail Griffiths, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust head of radiology Kelly Smith and Siemens Healthineers Great Britain and Ireland head of imaging sales Neil Lincoln.

Read this report on page 21 of the June 2025 issue of RAD Magazine.