How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Royal Free Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Free 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 Free London NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 26% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Free Hospital
A shorter ultrasound queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Free Hospital.
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 2 mi · 1w faster
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster2w · 2 mi · 1w faster
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 3 mi · 1w faster
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Islington1w · 4 mi · 2w faster
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 4 mi · 2w faster
- Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets2w · 5 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- North Middlesex Hospital6 mi
- Barnet Hospital7 mi
- Hadley Wood Hospital7 mi
- Chase Farm Hospital8 mi
- St Michael's Hospital8 mi
- Mount Vernon Hospital13 mi
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