NHS diagnostic waits · Watford · CT scan

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

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs St Albans City 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 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS 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 St Albans City Hospital

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

  • Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow1w · 9 mi · 1w faster
  • London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent1w · 13 mi · 1w faster
  • Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire1w · 14 mi · 1w faster
  • Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden1w · 16 mi · 1w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington1w · 16 mi · 1w faster
  • The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon1w · 17 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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

  • Watford General Hospital8 mi

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