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

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

The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs William Harvey 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.

4weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a bone density scan (DEXA) at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 16% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of William Harvey Hospital

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

  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone1w · 21 mi · 3w faster
  • Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway3w · 23 mi · 1w faster
  • Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford2w · 35 mi · 2w faster
  • Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Mid Sussex2w · 40 mi · 2w faster
  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham2w · 46 mi · 2w faster
  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead2w · 47 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • One Ashford Hospital0 mi
  • Kent & Canterbury Hospital11 mi
  • Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital26 mi

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