NHS diagnostic waits · Westmorland and Furness · bone density scan (DEXA)

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

The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Westmorland General 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.

2weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a bone density scan (DEXA) at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 0% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Westmorland General Hospital

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

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Blackpool1w · 35 mi · 1w faster
  • Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 62 mi · 1w faster
  • The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Shropshire1w · 99 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Royal Lancaster Infirmary18 mi
  • Furness General Hospital23 mi

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