Plans to build a permanent community diagnostic centre (CDC) to help cut NHS waiting times have been given the green light. The new medical centre at Livingstone Community Hospital, in Dartford, will replace the temporary structure already on the site and act as a one-stop shop offering patients a wider range of diagnostic tests. It will be built on brownfield land at the back of the existing hospital where the former maternity building, which has now been demolished, once stood. Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust sought Dartford council’s permission to build the permanent CDC in July, stating i…