How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Halton Hospital?
The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Halton 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 North Cheshire and Mersey 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 Halton Hospital
A shorter bone density scan queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Halton Hospital.
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley2w · 8 mi · 1w faster
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 11 mi · 2w faster
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool2w · 13 mi · 1w faster
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral2w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire East2w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 17 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your bone density scan could be at any of them.
- Warrington Hospital6 mi
- Leigh Infirmary15 mi
- Altrincham General Hospital15 mi
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