NHS diagnostic waits · Preston · ultrasound scan

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

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Ramsey Buckshawe 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 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 33% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Ramsey Buckshawe Hospital

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

  • Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust · South Ribble2w · 3 mi · 2w faster
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan3w · 9 mi · 1w faster
  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen3w · 9 mi · 1w faster
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton2w · 14 mi · 2w faster
  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Blackpool2w · 17 mi · 2w faster
  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley3w · 19 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Chorley & South Ribble Hospital2 mi
  • Royal Preston Hospital7 mi

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