How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Luton & Dunstable Hospital?
The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Luton & Dunstable 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 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 29% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Luton & Dunstable Hospital
A shorter bone density scan queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Luton & Dunstable Hospital.
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust · Stevenage1w · 11 mi · 3w faster
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford3w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow2w · 19 mi · 2w faster
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent2w · 23 mi · 2w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington2w · 27 mi · 2w faster
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust · West Northamptonshire2w · 29 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your bone density scan could be at any of them.
- Bedford Hospital16 mi
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