NHS diagnostic waits · Peterborough · CT scan

How long is the wait for a CT scan at Peterborough City Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Peterborough City 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 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 30% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Peterborough City Hospital

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

  • Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · North Northamptonshire2w · 23 mi · 1w faster
  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust · King's Lynn and West Norfolk2w · 33 mi · 1w faster
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge1w · 33 mi · 2w faster
  • Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust · West Northamptonshire2w · 35 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester1w · 36 mi · 2w faster
  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes2w · 43 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Stamford & Rutland Hospital9 mi
  • Hinchingbrooke Hospital18 mi

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