NHS diagnostic waits · Manchester · ultrasound scan

How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Rochdale Infirmary?

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

2weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for an ultrasound scan at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 1% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Rochdale Infirmary

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

  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 14 mi · 1w faster
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 20 mi · 1w faster
  • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington1w · 24 mi · 1w faster
  • Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 34 mi · 1w faster
  • The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral1w · 41 mi · 1w faster
  • South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough1w · 75 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Birch Hill Hospital2 mi
  • Fairfield General Hospital4 mi
  • Royal Oldham Hospital5 mi
  • North Manchester General Hospital8 mi
  • Manchester Royal Infirmary11 mi
  • Trafford General Hospital15 mi
  • Wythenshawe Hospital17 mi

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