How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Paignton Hospital?
The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Paignton 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 Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 30% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Paignton Hospital
A shorter bone density scan queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Paignton Hospital.
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth2w · 24 mi · 3w faster
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset4w · 44 mi · 1w faster
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset3w · 53 mi · 2w faster
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Cornwall2w · 68 mi · 3w faster
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1w · 73 mi · 4w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 82 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your bone density scan could be at any of them.
- Torbay Hospital3 mi
- Torbay Hospital Annexe3 mi
- Teignmouth Hospital8 mi
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