NHS diagnostic waits · Cheltenham · CT scan

How long is the wait for a CT scan at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital?

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

2weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a CT scan at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 7% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

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

  • Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Worcester1w · 23 mi · 1w faster
  • Wye Valley NHS Trust · Herefordshire, County of1w · 24 mi · 1w faster
  • North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of1w · 30 mi · 1w faster
  • Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon1w · 31 mi · 1w faster
  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset1w · 34 mi · 1w faster
  • The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley1w · 44 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Cheltenham General Hospital7 mi
  • Delancey Hospital7 mi
  • Stroud General Hospital9 mi
  • Cirencester Hospital15 mi
  • Fairford Hospital22 mi

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