NHS diagnostic waits · Nottingham · ultrasound scan

How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Queen's Medical Centre?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Queen's Medical Centre, and it is the current ultrasound queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

5weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for an ultrasound scan at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 46% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Queen's Medical Centre

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

  • University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust · Derby3w · 14 mi · 2w faster
  • Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Chesterfield2w · 22 mi · 3w faster
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester1w · 22 mi · 4w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth2w · 32 mi · 3w faster
  • Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Sheffield2w · 33 mi · 3w faster
  • The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust · Rotherham2w · 33 mi · 3w faster

Other hospitals run by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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

  • Nottingham City Hospital3 mi
  • Nottingham Woodthorpe Hospital4 mi
  • The Park Hospital Nottingham8 mi

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