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

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

The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Exmouth 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.

11weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 11 weeks. 64% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Exmouth Hospital

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

  • Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay5w · 12 mi · 6w faster
  • Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset4w · 30 mi · 7w faster
  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth2w · 34 mi · 9w faster
  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset3w · 42 mi · 8w faster
  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1w · 63 mi · 10w faster
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 68 mi · 9w faster

Other hospitals run by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital8 mi
  • Victoria Hospital8 mi
  • Heavitree Hospital9 mi
  • Honiton Hospital15 mi
  • Tiverton and District Hospital20 mi
  • Axminster Hospital21 mi
  • North Devon District Hospital43 mi

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