How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Royal Preston Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Preston 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 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 Royal Preston Hospital
A shorter ultrasound queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Preston Hospital.
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust · South Ribble2w · 6 mi · 2w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen3w · 11 mi · 1w faster
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Blackpool2w · 13 mi · 2w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan3w · 16 mi · 1w faster
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton2w · 20 mi · 2w faster
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley3w · 26 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.
- Ramsey Buckshawe Hospital7 mi
- Chorley & South Ribble Hospital9 mi
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