NHS diagnostic waits · Manchester · CT scan

How long is the wait for a CT scan at Fairfield General Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Fairfield General Hospital, and it is the current CT queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

3weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a CT scan at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 13% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Fairfield General Hospital

A shorter CT queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Fairfield General Hospital.

  • Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust · Salford2w · 8 mi · 1w faster
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton2w · 8 mi · 1w faster
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside1w · 11 mi · 2w faster
  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 12 mi · 2w faster
  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen2w · 13 mi · 1w faster
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 16 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Rochdale Infirmary4 mi
  • Birch Hill Hospital6 mi
  • Royal Oldham Hospital6 mi
  • North Manchester General Hospital6 mi
  • Manchester Royal Infirmary10 mi
  • Trafford General Hospital11 mi
  • Wythenshawe Hospital15 mi

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