How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at St Michael's Hospital?
The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Michael's 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 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 7 weeks. 57% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Michael's Hospital
A shorter bone density scan queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Michael's Hospital.
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Colchester2w · 15 mi · 5w faster
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · West Suffolk2w · 25 mi · 5w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering4w · 26 mi · 3w faster
- Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge6w · 27 mi · 1w faster
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge2w · 27 mi · 5w faster
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust · Stevenage1w · 32 mi · 6w faster
Other hospitals run by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your bone density scan could be at any of them.
- Mid Essex Hospital8 mi
- Southend Hospital23 mi
- Basildon Hospital23 mi
- Orsett Hospital27 mi
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