NHS diagnostic waits · Stoke-on-Trent · ultrasound scan

How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Royal Stoke University Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs Royal Stoke University Hospital, 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 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 8% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Stoke University Hospital

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

  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 29 mi · 1w faster
  • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington1w · 32 mi · 1w faster
  • Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 40 mi · 1w faster
  • The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral1w · 41 mi · 1w faster
  • The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham1w · 42 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester1w · 52 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

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

  • County Hospital14 mi
  • St George's Hospital14 mi

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