How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Cobalt Hospital?
The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Cobalt 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.
Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
Half of the people waiting for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 0% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Cobalt Hospital
A shorter bone density scan queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Cobalt Hospital.
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust · Gateshead2w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool2w · 25 mi · 1w faster
- County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust · Darlington2w · 34 mi · 1w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough2w · 35 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Westmorland and Furness2w · 70 mi · 1w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 80 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your bone density scan could be at any of them.
- North Tyneside General Hospital2 mi
- Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital4 mi
- Wansbeck General Hospital11 mi
- Ashington Hospital11 mi
- Hexham General Hospital23 mi
- Alnwick Infirmary28 mi
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