NHS diagnostic waits · South Norfolk · Ultrasound scan
Ultrasound scan waiting time at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
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NHS DM01 data, August 2026
Where it’s done at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Ultrasound scan is done in the imaging department at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.
What an ultrasound scan involves, on the NHS website →Get your free companion dashboard for your treatment to support you through your journey: the faster hospitals near you and every option, compared.
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1Free on the NHS
Stay on the NHS for your scan
Wait the NHS scan queue. 3 weeks typical wait here.
2Free on the NHS
Switch to a faster NHS hospital for your scan
When your GP refers you for your ultrasound, Right to Choose lets you ask to go to a faster NHS hospital.
3Part paid
Private scan, keep your NHS place
Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.
4Self funded or insured
Go fully private
The scan and any follow-up, all private.
More about Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
How deep the queue is now
Share of the current ultrasound queue at this trust by whether they have passed six weeks, August 2026. The NHS standard is that fewer than 1% wait over six weeks.
NHS hospitals near South Norfolk
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital (current)
0 mi
Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway
90 mi
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney
91 mi
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes
92 mi
Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets
93 mi
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden
95 mi
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster
96 mi
Median ultrasound wait so far in the current queue, August 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS DM01 diagnostics data, August 2026.
The whole trust (Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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