NHS diagnostic waits · Cambridge · bone density scan (DEXA)

How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Addenbrooke's Hospital?

The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Addenbrooke's Hospital, and it is the current bone density scan queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

2weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 1% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Addenbrooke's Hospital

A shorter bone density scan queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Addenbrooke's Hospital.

  • East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust · Stevenage1w · 23 mi · 1w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden1w · 46 mi · 1w faster
  • Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames1w · 56 mi · 1w faster
  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone1w · 64 mi · 1w faster
  • James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Great Yarmouth1w · 72 mi · 1w faster

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