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

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

The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Amersham 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.

4weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 29% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Amersham Hospital

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

  • West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford3w · 9 mi · 1w faster
  • Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow2w · 13 mi · 2w faster
  • London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent2w · 14 mi · 2w faster
  • Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Runnymede2w · 20 mi · 2w faster
  • Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames1w · 22 mi · 3w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington2w · 22 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your bone density scan could be at any of them.

  • Wycombe Hospital6 mi
  • Stoke Mandeville Hospital12 mi

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