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CT scan waiting time at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

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3
weeks
Median wait so far in the current NHS CT queue.
NHS DM01 data, August 2026

Where it’s done at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

CT scan is done in the imaging department at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.

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Your options from here

1Free on the NHS
Stay on the NHS for your scan
Wait the NHS scan queue. 3 weeks typical wait here.
2Free on the NHS
Switch to a faster NHS hospital for your scan
When your GP refers you for your CT, Right to Choose lets you ask to go to a faster NHS hospital.
3Part paid
Private scan, keep your NHS place
Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.
4Self funded or insured
Go fully private
The scan and any follow-up, all private.
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More about Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

How deep the queue is now

75%
25%
0 to 6 weeks
Over 6 weeks
Share of the current CT queue at this trust by whether they have passed six weeks, August 2026. The NHS standard is that fewer than 1% wait over six weeks.

NHS hospitals near Kensington and Chelsea

Chelsea & Westminster Hospital (current)
0 mi
3 weeks
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster
2 mi
2 weeks
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden
3 mi
2 weeks
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth
4 mi
2 weeks
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden
5 mi
2 weeks
Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets
6 mi
2 weeks
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames
6 mi
2 weeks
Median CT wait so far in the current queue, August 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.

How we know this

NHS DM01 diagnostics data, August 2026.
The whole trust (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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