NHS diagnostic waits · Luton · ultrasound scan

How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Luton & Dunstable Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Luton & Dunstable 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 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 13% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Luton & Dunstable Hospital

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

  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 14 mi · 2w faster
  • Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire2w · 17 mi · 1w faster
  • Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow2w · 19 mi · 1w faster
  • The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon2w · 25 mi · 1w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 29 mi · 1w faster
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster2w · 29 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Bedford Hospital16 mi

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