How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and it is the current ultrasound queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.
Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
Half of the people waiting for an ultrasound scan at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 34% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Queen Elizabeth Hospital
A shorter ultrasound queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
- Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets2w · 5 mi · 2w faster
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 6 mi · 2w faster
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 6 mi · 2w faster
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth3w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Islington1w · 7 mi · 3w faster
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 8 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- University Hospital Lewisham3 mi
- Queen Marys Hospital5 mi
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