NHS diagnostic waits · West Northamptonshire · ultrasound scan

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

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

4weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for an ultrasound scan at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 37% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Northampton General Hospital

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

  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 16 mi · 3w faster
  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry2w · 27 mi · 2w faster
  • Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Luton3w · 29 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester1w · 29 mi · 3w faster
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick3w · 30 mi · 1w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth2w · 32 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

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

  • St Edmund's Hospital1 mi

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