A new multi-million-pound medical centre aimed at speeding up tests and diagnoses for patients has been officially opened.

The Stoke-on-Trent Community Diagnostic Centre will provides services including CT and MRI scans, X-rays, ultrasounds, blood tests, cardiology, respiratory and sleep testing.

The £42.6m centre is on the former Sainsbury’s site on Etruria Way in Hanley.

Open seven days a week, up to 180,000 tests and scans are expected to take place there each year, University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) said.