FUJIFILM Healthcare
Community Diagnostics Vehicle
Designed to meet the ever-changing needs of healthcare and address inequalities across different communities.
What is the CDV?
Fujifilm Healthcare UK’s Community Diagnostics Vehicle (CDV) is designed to bring hospital diagnostics closer to patient community, to help address healthcare inequalities across communities.
Building on Fujifilm Healthcare’s 90-year legacy of innovation in medical imaging and diagnostics, the CDV integrates state-of-the-art technologies to enable clinicians to deliver care directly within local communities, helping to reduce the burden on hospitals and emergency departments while improving access and convenience for patients.
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Healthcare Solutions
The CDV allows diagnostic data captured in the vehicle to integrate seamlessly with hospital information systems such as PACS and LIMS. This cloud connectivity supports real-time reporting and diagnosis, and continuity of care across the patient pathway, even in hard-to-reach settings.
The CDV houses a suite of ultra-portable diagnostic solutions, including:
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The Impact
For Patients
The CDV brings care closer to home, making access to diagnostics faster, easier, and more comfortable. With on-site imaging and rapid interpretation, unnecessary hospital visits can often be avoided, allowing patients to receive timely care and recover safely in familiar surroundings.
This approach supports earlier detection and more targeted treatment, reducing the physical and emotional strain of hospital travel, helping patients feel more in control of their care and more connected to their local health services.
For Clinicians
The CDV equips clinicians with advanced portable diagnostic tools for faster decision-making and more efficient patient management. Secure cloud-based connectivity enables real-time sharing of images and results across sites, supporting collaboration and continuity of care. This flexibility allows clinicians to reach more patients and deliver timely, high-quality diagnostics outside traditional hospital settings.
For NHS Systems
The CDV supports the NHS’s long-term shift towards preventative, digital, and community-based care by enabling diagnostic services to be delivered closer to home. This reduces demand on hospitals and enables patients to receive quicker diagnosis, faster discharge decisions, and more appropriate use of hospital beds. Earlier detection and intervention prevent conditions from worsening, leading to better outcomes and fewer emergency admissions.
It helps address system-wide challenges such as workforce pressure and long waiting lists by allowing hospital resources to be used more efficiently, helping Trusts to meet demand without adding to acute capacity. Financially, the CDV delivers measurable savings by cutting unnecessary ambulance transfers, hospital stays, and inpatient costs. By providing rapid, on-site results, it enables clinicians to manage many patients safely in the community, freeing up hospital capacity and supporting a more efficient, sustainable NHS.
For Communities
By embedding diagnostics within communities, the CDV reduces barriers to care and improves access in rural or underserved areas. It strengthens connections between providers and local populations, supporting more proactive, preventative care. For communities, it represents an investment in accessible, modern healthcare that meets people’s needs closer to home.
Since the initial launch of the Community Diagnostics Vehicle, several pilot programmes have been conducted across the UK.
The data collected from these pilots have provided valuable insights into the positive impact of treating patients within their communities. Clearly, the solution not only delivers significant cost savings for the NHS but, more importantly, offers patients a safer and more efficient service. Additionally, for patients transferred to A&E, their images, reports, and diagnoses are immediately accessible upon arrival. This facilitates faster and more effective treatment planning.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Cornwall’s geography presents particular challenges for patients, with long travel distances and limited public transport options often making hospital appointments difficult to attend - especially for older or frail individuals.
Over a ten-month period, the service assessed more than 500 patients, many of whom were elderly or living with long-term conditions.
87% of those examined did not require hospital admission, helping to avoid more than 460 ambulance transfers and reduce demand on emergency departments.
Each ambulance avoided transfer represents an average saving of around £459, alongside the additional costs associated with inpatient stays.
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust
A pilot in Chertsey, Surrey, working in partnership with South East Coast Ambulance Service to support elderly patients who have fallen, helping to reduce unnecessary Emergency Department admissions and develop a new service in line with the NHS 10 Year Plan. The introduction of the CDV has had the following impact:
72% of patients were able to stay at home (Phase 1 and 2 results)
In the first phase of the pilot, 104 hospital admission were avoided (or 312 patients per annum)
Cost-effectiveness: In the first phase of the pilot, total savings were £81,225
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Service Feedback
Hear from the patients and family members who have benefited firsthand from the convenience and quality of community-based diagnostics. It truly highlights how such services can transform healthcare delivery and make a meaningful difference for everyone involved.
Efficient and very good for avoiding unnecessary hospitalisation.
Thankful for new service I didn’t know about, I’m just so impressed. As a cancer patient I’ve had a positive instant service.
A brilliant and efficient team and service. 100% Wonderful. Better than winning the lottery.
Excellent service which minimised the anxiety for mum who has advanced dementia. The practitioners were incredibly understanding, professional and patient.
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FAQs
What is the Community Diagnostics Vehicle (CDV)?
The Community Diagnostics Vehicle (CDV) is a state-of-the-art portablediagnostic unit developed by Fujifilm Healthcare UK to bring hospital-quality imaging and testing directly into community settings. By delivering diagnostics closer to home, the CDV improves access, reduces waiting times, and supports the NHS’s shift towards community-based, preventative healthcare.
Who can operate the CDV?
The CDV is designed for use by qualified clinical staff, typically radiographers and clinicians working within NHS Trusts or community diagnostic teams. Fujifilm Healthcare provides full technical support and training to ensure safe and effective use.
Where can the CDV be deployed?
The vehicle can operate across a range of settings, including GP surgeries, care homes, community hubs, and urban and rural locations. It is particularly valuable in areas where travel to hospital is difficult, areas where health inequalities persist, and where diagnostic demand exceeds local capacity.
Who should Trusts contact for communications support?
Trust communications teams can liaise directly with their Fujifilm Healthcare UK representative or the Fujifilm UK Corporate Communications Team for further information.
About FUJIFILM Healthcare UK
FUJIFILM Healthcare UK builds on more than 90 years of global innovation and over 30 years of partnership with the NHS, supporting healthcare systems across the UK to deliver the best possible outcomes for patients. Our focus spans the entire care pathway - from prevention and early diagnosis to treatment and long-term management - and we are committed to developing industry-leading technologies that benefit both patients and clinicians.
With expertise across digital radiography, in-vitro diagnostics, endoscopy, ultrasound, healthcare IT, biopharmaceutical manufacturing, and medicine development, we continue to invest in solutions that address some of the most pressing challenges in healthcare today.
We understand the pressures the NHS is facing and remain dedicated to providing practical, innovative tools that support clinicians and health systems alike, helping the health service recover, adapt, and deliver improved outcomes and experiences for patients.
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