Patients across Wales will benefit from faster and more accurate diagnoses as nine hospitals receive new scanning and X-ray equipment.

The Welsh Labour Government is investing more than £12m to replace ageing imaging systems at hospitals including Wrexham Maelor and Mold Community Hospital, helping more patients to be seen and treated more quickly.

This significant Wales-wide investment will support all health boards, with funding allocations including £2.5m for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, £3.7m for Cardiff & Vale, and £2.4m for Swansea Bay. In total, £12.021m is being invested in diagnostic equipment across Wales in 2026–27.

Hannah Blythyn, Member of the Senedd for Delyn, said:

“This is a really important investment in diagnostic services right across Wales, and it’s particularly good news for patients here in North Wales.

“The funding for new X-ray equipment at Wrexham Maelor and Mold Community Hospital will replace older, less reliable machines and help ensure people are diagnosed more quickly and accurately.

“By investing in modern, high-quality equipment, we’re supporting NHS staff to deliver the best possible care while reducing delays and improving patient experience locally.”

New CT, X-ray and bone density scanners will replace equipment that had become unreliable and increasingly difficult to repair, reducing the time lost to breakdowns and maintenance.

More than £6.7m of this funding will deliver nine new digital X-ray rooms across Wales, improving access to faster diagnostics and increasing capacity within the NHS.

In North Wales, this investment will bring direct benefits to patients and staff across Wrexham and Flintshire.

At Wrexham Maelor Hospital, £1.201m will fund two new digital X-ray rooms, while Mold Community Hospital will receive £562,000 for upgraded X-ray facilities. These improvements will replace ageing equipment, improve reliability, and reduce delays caused by breakdowns ensuring patients can be diagnosed and treated more quickly.

Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Jeremy Miles said:

“We are replacing ageing equipment with the latest technology in a bid to improve the resilience, reliability and efficiency of diagnostic services across Wales.

“This equipment – including CT scanners, X rays and high-resolution imaging of bones, organs and soft tissues – will help increase the number of scans able to take place and improve patient flow through the healthcare system.”

Across the rest of Wales, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board will receive more than £2.7m to replace a SPECT-CT scanner at the Royal Gwent Hospital to reduce time lost to maintenance and improve clinical resilience.

Cardiff & Vale UHB will benefit from nearly £2m to upgrade fluoroscopy equipment at University Hospital Llandough.

Hywel Dda UHB will replace a 20-year-old bone density scanner at Bronglais Hospital after an investment of more than £628,000.

The new systems have improved features around image quality and reliability, supporting better clinical services and enabling more minimally invasive procedures within radiology departments.