NHS diagnostic waits · Preston · ultrasound scan

How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Chorley & South Ribble Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Chorley & South Ribble Hospital, and it is the current ultrasound queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

4weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for an ultrasound scan at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 33% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Chorley & South Ribble Hospital

A shorter ultrasound queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Chorley & South Ribble Hospital.

  • Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust · South Ribble2w · 4 mi · 2w faster
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan3w · 7 mi · 1w faster
  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen3w · 9 mi · 1w faster
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton2w · 11 mi · 2w faster
  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley3w · 18 mi · 1w faster
  • Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust · Salford2w · 18 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Ramsey Buckshawe Hospital2 mi
  • Royal Preston Hospital9 mi

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