How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at City Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs City Hospital, and it is the current ultrasound queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.
Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
Half of the people waiting for an ultrasound scan at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 6% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of City Hospital
A shorter ultrasound queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to City Hospital.
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham1w · 5 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester1w · 35 mi · 1w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 60 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 66 mi · 1w faster
- North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington1w · 69 mi · 1w faster
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral1w · 74 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Midland Metropolitan University Hospital1 mi
- Sandwell General Hospital4 mi
- Rowley Regis Hospital4 mi
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