How long is the wait for a CT scan at Cobalt Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Cobalt Hospital, and it is the current CT 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 CT scan at Northumbria Healthcare 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 Cobalt Hospital
A shorter CT queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Cobalt Hospital.
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust · Gateshead1w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool1w · 25 mi · 1w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough1w · 35 mi · 1w faster
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Cumberland1w · 58 mi · 1w faster
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire1w · 71 mi · 1w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 80 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- North Tyneside General Hospital2 mi
- Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital4 mi
- Wansbeck General Hospital11 mi
- Ashington Hospital11 mi
- Hexham General Hospital23 mi
- Alnwick Infirmary28 mi
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