How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Whiston Hospital?
The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Whiston 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 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 5% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Whiston Hospital
A shorter bone density scan queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Whiston Hospital.
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 5 mi · 1w faster
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Blackpool1w · 29 mi · 1w faster
- The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Shropshire1w · 38 mi · 1w faster
- Wye Valley NHS Trust · Herefordshire, County of1w · 94 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your bone density scan could be at any of them.
- St Helens Hospital3 mi
- Ormskirk and District General Hospital11 mi
- Southport and Formby District General Hospital17 mi
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