NHS diagnostic waits · Plymouth · CT scan
CT scan waiting time at Derriford Hospital
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weeks
Median wait so far in the current NHS CT queue.
NHS DM01 data, August 2026
Where it’s done at Derriford Hospital
CT scan is done in the imaging department at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS 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.
What a CT scan involves, on the NHS website →Get your free companion dashboard for your treatment to support you through your journey: the faster hospitals near you and every option, compared.
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1Free on the NHS
Stay on the NHS for your scan
Wait the NHS scan queue. 4 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 University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
How deep the queue is now
69%
31%
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 Plymouth
Derriford Hospital (current)
0 mi
4 weeks
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay
25 mi
2 weeks
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Exeter
34 mi
2 weeks
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Cornwall
44 mi
2 weeks
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset
60 mi
1 week
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset
76 mi
1 week
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
96 mi
1 week
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 (University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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