NHS diagnostic waits · Brighton and Hove · Bone density scan

Bone density scan (DEXA) waiting time at Brighton General Hospital

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University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust does not report its bone density scan waiting times to NHS England, so there is no figure to show for this hospital. We check every month and this page fills in as soon as the trust starts reporting.

NHS DM01 data, August 2026

Where it’s done at Brighton General Hospital

Bone density scan is done in the imaging department at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.

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Your options from here

1Free on the NHS

Stay on the NHS for your scan

Wait the NHS scan queue.

2Free on the NHS

Switch to a faster NHS hospital for your scan

When your GP refers you for your bone density scan, Right to Choose lets you ask to go to a faster NHS hospital.

3Part paid

Private scan, keep your NHS place

Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.

4Self funded or insured

Go fully private

The scan and any follow-up, all private.

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Median bone density scan wait so far in the current queue, August 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.

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How we know this

NHS DM01 diagnostics data, August 2026.

The whole trust (University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.

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