NHS diagnostic waits · Westmorland and Furness · ultrasound scan

How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Furness General Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Furness General 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 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 16% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Furness General Hospital

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

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Blackpool2w · 23 mi · 1w faster
  • Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust · South Ribble2w · 37 mi · 1w faster
  • Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool2w · 51 mi · 1w faster
  • Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool2w · 51 mi · 1w faster
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton2w · 51 mi · 1w faster
  • Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 52 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Royal Lancaster Infirmary18 mi
  • Westmorland General Hospital23 mi

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