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

How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Pontefract General Infirmary?

The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, which runs Pontefract General Infirmary, and it is the current bone density scan queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

3weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 0% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Pontefract General Infirmary

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

  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Leeds2w · 12 mi · 1w faster
  • The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust · Rotherham2w · 19 mi · 1w faster
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Sheffield2w · 20 mi · 1w faster
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 21 mi · 1w faster
  • Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Sheffield2w · 23 mi · 1w faster
  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 30 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

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

  • Pinderfields General Hospital7 mi
  • Dewsbury & District Hospital14 mi

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