How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Mid Essex Hospital?
The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Mid Essex 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 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 7 weeks. 57% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Mid Essex Hospital
A shorter bone density scan queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Mid Essex Hospital.
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering4w · 19 mi · 3w faster
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Colchester2w · 21 mi · 5w faster
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford2w · 25 mi · 5w faster
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway3w · 27 mi · 4w faster
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney3w · 27 mi · 4w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham2w · 30 mi · 5w faster
Other hospitals run by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your bone density scan could be at any of them.
- St Michael's Hospital8 mi
- Basildon Hospital15 mi
- Southend Hospital18 mi
- Orsett Hospital19 mi
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