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

How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Chorley & South Ribble Hospital?

The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Chorley & South Ribble 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 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 0% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Chorley & South Ribble Hospital

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

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Blackpool1w · 19 mi · 1w faster
  • Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 20 mi · 1w faster
  • The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Shropshire1w · 56 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Ramsey Buckshawe Hospital2 mi
  • Royal Preston Hospital9 mi

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