NHS diagnostic waits · Tower Hamlets · CT scan

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

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs The Royal London 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 Barts Health NHS Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 9% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of The Royal London Hospital

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

  • Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden1w · 5 mi · 1w faster
  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham1w · 5 mi · 1w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington1w · 5 mi · 1w faster
  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 5 mi · 1w faster
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster1w · 5 mi · 1w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon1w · 9 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Barts Health NHS Trust

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

  • Mile End Hospital1 mi
  • St Bartholomew's Hospital2 mi
  • Newham General Hospital4 mi
  • Whipps Cross University Hospital5 mi
  • Wanstead Hospital6 mi

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