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

How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at North Devon District 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 North Devon District 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 North Devon District Hospital

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

  • Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset4w · 41 mi · 7w faster
  • Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay5w · 47 mi · 6w faster
  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth2w · 47 mi · 9w faster
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 68 mi · 9w faster
  • North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 69 mi · 8w faster
  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Cornwall2w · 73 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.

  • Tiverton and District Hospital27 mi
  • Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital35 mi
  • Heavitree Hospital35 mi
  • Honiton Hospital43 mi
  • Exmouth Hospital43 mi
  • Victoria Hospital45 mi
  • Axminster Hospital51 mi

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