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

How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Royal Devon & Exeter 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 Royal Devon & Exeter 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 Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

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

  • Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay5w · 16 mi · 6w faster
  • Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset4w · 26 mi · 7w faster
  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth2w · 34 mi · 9w faster
  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset3w · 46 mi · 8w faster
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 65 mi · 9w faster
  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1w · 67 mi · 10w 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.

  • Heavitree Hospital1 mi
  • Exmouth Hospital8 mi
  • Victoria Hospital12 mi
  • Tiverton and District Hospital13 mi
  • Honiton Hospital15 mi
  • Axminster Hospital23 mi
  • North Devon District Hospital35 mi

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