NHS diagnostic waits · bone density scan (DEXA)
Bone density scan NHS waiting times, hospital by hospital
Updated August 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. Each figure below is the current bone density scan queue at the NHS trust that runs that hospital: the list as it stands this month, not a prediction. The headline is the median wait; the % is the share who have already waited more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should. Ranked shortest first.
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- Basingstoke General HospitalTest Valley1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Blackpool Victoria HospitalBlackpool1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Bridlington and District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Christchurch HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Darent Valley HospitalDartford1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Hereford County HospitalHerefordshire, County of1 week2% over 6 weeks
- James Paget University HospitalGreat Yarmouth1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Kingston HospitalKingston upon Thames1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Lister HospitalStevenage1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Lymington HospitalNew Forest1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Poole HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth I I HospitalWelwyn Hatfield1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Royal Bournemouth HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Royal Hampshire County HospitalWinchester1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Royal South Hants HospitalSouthampton1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Scarborough General HospitalNorth Yorkshire1 week0% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1 week0% over 6 weeks
- The Maidstone HospitalMaidstone1 week0% over 6 weeks
- The Tunbridge Wells HospitalTunbridge Wells1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Winchester County HospitalTest Valley1 week0% over 6 weeks
- York HospitalYork1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Addenbrooke's HospitalCambridge2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Barnsley HospitalBarnsley2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Bradford Royal InfirmaryBradford2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Bristol Royal InfirmaryBristol, City of2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Broadgreen HospitalLiverpool2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Central Middlesex HospitalBrent2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Chapel Allerton HospitalLeeds2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Charing Cross HospitalHammersmith and Fulham2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Chelsea & Westminster HospitalKensington and Chelsea2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Cheltenham General HospitalCheltenham2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- City HospitalBirmingham2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Colchester General HospitalColchester2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Cromer HospitalNorth Norfolk2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Croydon University HospitalCroydon2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Derriford HospitalPlymouth2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Dewsbury & District HospitalKirklees2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Epsom HospitalEpsom and Ewell2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Fairfield General HospitalBury2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Friarage HospitalNorth Yorkshire2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- George Eliot HospitalNuneaton and Bedworth2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Gloucestershire Royal HospitalGloucester2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Halton HospitalHalton2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith and Fulham2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Homerton University HospitalHackney2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Ipswich HospitalIpswich2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Leatherhead HospitalMole Valley2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Leigh InfirmaryWigan2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Leighton HospitalCheshire East2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Medway Maritime HospitalMedway2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Midland Metropolitan University HospitalSandwell2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Norfolk & Norwich University HospitalSouth Norfolk2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- North Manchester General HospitalManchester2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Northampton General HospitalWest Northamptonshire2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Northern General HospitalSheffield2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Northwick Park HospitalBrent2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Ormskirk and District General HospitalWest Lancashire2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Pinderfields General HospitalWakefield2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Pontefract General InfirmaryWakefield2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGateshead2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Queen's Hospital BurtonBurton upon Trent2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Rochdale InfirmaryRochdale2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Rotherham District General HospitalRotherham2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Rowley Regis HospitalSandwell2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryWigan2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Royal Cornwall HospitalCornwall2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Royal Derby HospitalDerby2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Royal Hallamshire HospitalSheffield2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Royal Liverpool University HospitalLiverpool2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Sandwell General HospitalSandwell2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Southport and Formby District General HospitalSefton2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- St Austell Surgical HubCornwall2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- St Helens HospitalSt. Helens2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- St Helier HospitalSutton2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- St James's University HospitalLeeds2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalBradford2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalWestminster2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- St Michael's HospitalBristol, City of2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Stepping Hill HospitalStockport2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- The Great Western HospitalSwindon2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- The James Cook University HospitalMiddlesbrough2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- The Royal Oldham HospitalOldham2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Trafford General HospitalTrafford2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital AintreeLiverpool2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of HartlepoolHartlepool2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of North TeesStockton-on-Tees2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Victoria InfirmaryCheshire West and Chester2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Warrington HospitalWarrington2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- West Cornwall HospitalCornwall2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- West Middlesex University HospitalHounslow2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- West Suffolk HospitalWest Suffolk2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Weston General HospitalNorth Somerset2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Weston Park HospitalSheffield2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Wharfedale HospitalLeeds2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Whiston HospitalKnowsley2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Wrightington HospitalWest Lancashire2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Wythenshawe HospitalManchester2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Airedale General HospitalBradford3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Arrowe Park HospitalWirral3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Ashford HospitalSpelthorne3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Burnley General HospitalBurnley3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Calderdale Royal HospitalCalderdale3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Cannock Chase HospitalCannock Chase3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield3 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- Chorley & South Ribble HospitalChorley3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Churchill HospitalOxford3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Clatterbridge HospitalWirral3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Crawley HospitalCrawley3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Cumberland InfirmaryCumberland3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Darlington Memorial HospitalDarlington3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- East Surrey HospitalReigate and Banstead3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Freeman HospitalNewcastle upon Tyne3 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Furness General HospitalWestmorland and Furness3 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Glenfield HospitalLeicester3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Guy's HospitalSouthwark3 weeks26% over 6 weeks
- Hexham General HospitalNorthumberland3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Hinchingbrooke HospitalHuntingdonshire3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Horton General HospitalCherwell3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Hospital for Tropical DiseasesCamden3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Hospital of St CrossRugby3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryKirklees3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- John Radcliffe HospitalOxford3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- King George HospitalRedbridge3 weeks13% over 6 weeks
- King's College HospitalLambeth3 weeks27% over 6 weeks
- Leicester General HospitalLeicester3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Leicester Royal InfirmaryLeicester3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- New Cross HospitalWolverhampton3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- North Tyneside General HospitalNorth Tyneside3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care HospitalNorthumberland3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Nuffield Orthopaedic CentreOxford3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Orpington HospitalBromley3 weeks27% over 6 weeks
- Peterborough City HospitalPeterborough3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal University HospitalBromley3 weeks27% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGreenwich3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Queen Marys HospitalBexley3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Queen's HospitalHavering3 weeks13% over 6 weeks
- Royal Blackburn HospitalBlackburn with Darwen3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Royal Lancaster InfirmaryLancaster3 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Royal Preston HospitalPreston3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildford3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Salisbury District HospitalWiltshire3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Shotley Bridge HospitalCounty Durham3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- South Tyneside District HospitalSouth Tyneside3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- St George's HospitalWandsworth3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalHarborough3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- St Peter's HospitalRunnymede3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- St Thomas' HospitalLambeth3 weeks26% over 6 weeks
- Stratford HospitalStratford-on-Avon3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Sunderland Royal HospitalSunderland3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- The Queen Elizabeth HospitalKing's Lynn and West Norfolk3 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- The Royal Victoria InfirmaryNewcastle upon Tyne3 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- The Whittington HospitalIslington3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- UCLH Outreach: St Pancras HospitalCamden3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- University College HospitalCamden3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland StreetCamden3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- University HospitalCoventry3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital LewishamLewisham3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of North DurhamCounty Durham3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Wansbeck General HospitalNorthumberland3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Warwick HospitalWarwick3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- West Cumberland HospitalCumberland3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Westmorland General HospitalWestmorland and Furness3 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Alexandra HospitalRedditch4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Barnet HospitalBarnet4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Bassetlaw HospitalBassetlaw4 weeks24% over 6 weeks
- Bedford HospitalBedford4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Chase Farm HospitalEnfield4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Countess of Chester HospitalCheshire West and Chester4 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalNorth East Lincolnshire4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Doncaster Royal InfirmaryDoncaster4 weeks24% over 6 weeks
- Dorset County HospitalDorset4 weeks32% over 6 weeks
- Frimley Park HospitalSurrey Heath4 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- Goole & District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Guest HospitalDudley4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- Heatherwood HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead4 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- Kent & Canterbury HospitalCanterbury4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- Kidderminster HospitalWyre Forest4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- King's Mill HospitalAshfield4 weeks24% over 6 weeks
- Luton & Dunstable HospitalLuton4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Montagu HospitalDoncaster4 weeks24% over 6 weeks
- Newark HospitalNewark and Sherwood4 weeks24% over 6 weeks
- North Middlesex HospitalEnfield4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Nottingham City HospitalNottingham4 weeks24% over 6 weeks
- Princess Anne HospitalSouthampton4 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother HospitalThanet4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- Queen's Medical CentreNottingham4 weeks24% over 6 weeks
- Royal Free HospitalCamden4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Royal United HospitalBath and North East Somerset4 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- Russells Hall HospitalDudley4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- Scunthorpe General HospitalNorth Lincolnshire4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Southampton General HospitalSouthampton4 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- St Albans City HospitalSt Albans4 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalIsle of Wight4 weeks27% over 6 weeks
- Watford General HospitalWatford4 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Wexham Park HospitalSlough4 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- William Harvey HospitalAshford4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- Worcestershire Royal HospitalWorcester4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Bridgwater HospitalSomerset5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- County Hospital LouthEast Lindsey5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Good Hope HospitalSutton Coldfield5 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Grantham & District HospitalGrantham5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Heartlands HospitalBirmingham5 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Johnson HospitalSouth Holland5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Lincoln County HospitalLincoln5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Musgrove Park HospitalSomerset5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Pilgrim HospitalBoston5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Queen Alexandra HospitalPortsmouth5 weeks40% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalBirmingham5 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Solihull HospitalSolihull5 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Yeovil District HospitalSomerset5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Amersham HospitalBuckinghamshire6 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Stoke Mandeville HospitalBuckinghamshire6 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Wycombe HospitalBuckinghamshire6 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Kettering General HospitalNorth Northamptonshire7 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- Torbay HospitalTorbay7 weeks58% over 6 weeks
- Torbay Hospital AnnexeTorbay7 weeks58% over 6 weeks
- Castle Hill HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire8 weeks57% over 6 weeks
- Harrogate District HospitalNorth Yorkshire8 weeks62% over 6 weeks
- Hull Royal InfirmaryKingston upon Hull, City of8 weeks57% over 6 weeks
- Mile End HospitalTower Hamlets8 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- Newham General HospitalNewham8 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- St Bartholomew's HospitalCity of London8 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- The Royal London HospitalTower Hamlets8 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- Whipps Cross University HospitalWaltham Forest8 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- Basildon HospitalBasildon11 weeks70% over 6 weeks
- Broomfield HospitalChelmsford11 weeks70% over 6 weeks
- Southend HospitalSouthend-on-Sea11 weeks70% over 6 weeks
- North Devon District HospitalNorth Devon13+ weeks68% over 6 weeks
- Royal Devon & Exeter HospitalExeter13+ weeks68% over 6 weeks
Hospitals with no reported figure
These trusts do not report their bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England, so we show no number. Each page explains why.
- Brighton General Hospital · Brighton and HoveDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Conquest Hospital · HastingsDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- County Hospital · StaffordDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Dorothy Pattison Hospital · WalsallDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Eastbourne District General Hospital · EastbourneDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Hillingdon Hospital · HillingdonDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Macclesfield District General Hospital · Cheshire EastDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Milton Keynes Hospital · Milton KeynesDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Princess Alexandra Hospital · HarlowDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Princess Royal Hospital · Mid SussexDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Princess Royal Hospital · TelfordDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Royal Berkshire Hospital · ReadingDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Royal Bolton Hospital · BoltonDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Royal Shrewsbury Hospital · ShropshireDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Royal Stoke University Hospital · Stoke-on-TrentDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Royal Sussex County Hospital · Brighton and HoveDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Southlands Hospital · AdurDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- St Richards Hospital · ChichesterDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Tameside General Hospital · TamesideDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Walsall Manor Hospital · WalsallDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
- Worthing Hospital · WorthingDoes not report bone density scan (DEXA) waiting times to NHS England.
232 hospitals with a reported bone density scan queue, plus 21 without. Each figure is the trust's current DM01 waiting list: a snapshot this month, not a prediction, and the NHS publishes one figure per trust, not per hospital.
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