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With equal focus on imaging and laboratory diagnostics, the HSJ Modernising Diagnostics Forum is your one-stop destination for shaping the future of diagnostic service delivery across ICSs, neighbourhoods, and local health economies. In 2026, discussions centred on:
- Designing system-wide diagnostic strategies that are outcomes-focused, support elective and UEC recovery, and align with the next phase of NHS Long Term Plan delivery.
- Embedding Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) into neighbourhood care models, and exploring their long-term role, funding and sustainability.
- Learning from more mature imaging and pathology networks to accelerate the maturity of networks such as endoscopy and wider diagnostic networks.
- Improving access and reducing inequalities by expanding community-based diagnostics and strengthening system-place-neighbourhood integration.
- Building workforce capacity and capability through new models of multidisciplinary working and skill mix innovation.
- Harnessing technology and automation – from digital platforms that improve productivity to clinically effective applications of AI that transform diagnostic pathways and service delivery.