NHS diagnostic waits · Torbay · ultrasound scan

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

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Paignton 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 Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 36% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Paignton Hospital

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

  • Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Exeter3w · 20 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth2w · 24 mi · 2w faster
  • Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset2w · 44 mi · 2w faster
  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset1w · 53 mi · 3w faster
  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Cornwall2w · 68 mi · 2w faster
  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1w · 73 mi · 3w faster

Other hospitals run by Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Torbay Hospital3 mi
  • Torbay Hospital Annexe3 mi
  • Teignmouth Hospital8 mi

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