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

How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Princess Royal University Hospital?

The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Princess Royal University 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.

3weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a bone density scan (DEXA) at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 22% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Princess Royal University Hospital

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

  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham2w · 7 mi · 1w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon2w · 7 mi · 1w faster
  • Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford2w · 10 mi · 1w faster
  • St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 11 mi · 1w faster
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 13 mi · 1w faster
  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea2w · 13 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Orpington Hospital2 mi
  • King's College Hospital10 mi

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