How long is the wait for a bone density scan (DEXA) at Yeatman Hospital?
The NHS does not publish bone density scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Yeatman 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 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 29% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Yeatman Hospital
A shorter bone density scan queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Yeatman Hospital.
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset3w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1w · 29 mi · 3w faster
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset3w · 31 mi · 1w faster
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire3w · 32 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 35 mi · 2w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 38 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your bone density scan could be at any of them.
- Yeovil District Hospital5 mi
- Bridgwater Hospital24 mi
- Trinity Hospital25 mi
- Musgrove Park Hospital27 mi
- Burnham on Sea Hospital29 mi
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