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

How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre?

The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and it is the current bone density scan queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

2weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 0% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

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

  • East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust · Stevenage1w · 44 mi · 1w faster
  • Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames1w · 46 mi · 1w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden1w · 49 mi · 1w faster
  • Wye Valley NHS Trust · Herefordshire, County of1w · 67 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1w · 79 mi · 1w faster
  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone1w · 80 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Churchill Hospital0 mi
  • John Radcliffe Hospital1 mi
  • Horton General Hospital21 mi
  • The Foscote Hospital21 mi
  • The Cherwell Hospital21 mi

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