NHS diagnostic waits · Bristol, City of · CT scan

How long is the wait for a CT scan at St Michael's Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Michael's 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 Bristol 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 St Michael's Hospital

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

  • North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of1w · 2 mi · 1w faster
  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset1w · 10 mi · 1w faster
  • Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset1w · 38 mi · 1w faster
  • Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon1w · 38 mi · 1w faster
  • Wye Valley NHS Trust · Herefordshire, County of1w · 42 mi · 1w faster
  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset1w · 52 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Bristol Royal Infirmary0 mi
  • Weston General Hospital19 mi

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