How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Devon & Exeter 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 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 30% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital
A shorter ultrasound queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital.
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset2w · 26 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth2w · 34 mi · 1w faster
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset1w · 46 mi · 2w faster
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1w · 67 mi · 2w faster
- Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2w · 67 mi · 1w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 67 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Heavitree Hospital1 mi
- Exmouth Hospital8 mi
- Victoria Hospital12 mi
- Tiverton and District Hospital13 mi
- Honiton Hospital15 mi
- Axminster Hospital23 mi
- North Devon District Hospital35 mi
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