NHS diagnostic waits · Dartford · ultrasound scan

How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Erith & District Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, which runs Erith & District Hospital, and it is the current ultrasound queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

3weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for an ultrasound scan at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 12% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Erith & District Hospital

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

  • Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets2w · 10 mi · 1w faster
  • Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 10 mi · 1w faster
  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 11 mi · 1w faster
  • Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Islington1w · 12 mi · 2w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon1w · 13 mi · 2w faster
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 13 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

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

  • Darent Valley Hospital5 mi

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