NHS diagnostic waits · West Suffolk · CT scan
CT scan waiting time at West Suffolk Hospital
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weeks
Median wait so far in the current NHS CT queue.
NHS DM01 data, August 2026
Where it’s done at West Suffolk Hospital
CT scan is done in the imaging department at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.
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1Free on the NHS
Stay on the NHS for your scan
Wait the NHS scan queue. 2 weeks typical wait here.
2Free on the NHS
Switch to a faster NHS hospital for your scan
When your GP refers you for your CT, Right to Choose lets you ask to go to a faster NHS hospital.
3Part paid
Private scan, keep your NHS place
Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.
4Self funded or insured
Go fully private
The scan and any follow-up, all private.
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More about West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
How deep the queue is now
98%
2%
0 to 6 weeks
Over 6 weeks
Share of the current CT queue at this trust by whether they have passed six weeks, August 2026. The NHS standard is that fewer than 1% wait over six weeks.
NHS hospitals near West Suffolk
West Suffolk Hospital (current)
0 mi
2 weeks
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Colchester
24 mi
1 week
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge
24 mi
1 week
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · South Norfolk
34 mi
1 week
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney
57 mi
1 week
Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington
58 mi
1 week
Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway
59 mi
1 week
Median CT wait so far in the current queue, August 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS DM01 diagnostics data, August 2026.
The whole trust (West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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