A temporary community diagnostic centre (CDC) has been officially opened. Livingstone Hospital received a share of the government’s £2.3 billion investment fund to create a new facility for Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley in a bid to cut NHS waiting times last year. The revamped centre in East Hill, Dartford, opened in November, however, was officially launched last week (May 24). Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust hosted an event at the site with Professor Sir Mike Richards who came up with the CDC concept in 2020. The consultant medical oncologist and the first National Cancer Director at the …