NHS diagnostic waits · Worthing · ultrasound scan

How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Southlands Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Southlands 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 Sussex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 7% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Southlands Hospital

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

  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon1w · 38 mi · 1w faster
  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 45 mi · 1w faster
  • Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Islington1w · 48 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1w · 75 mi · 1w faster
  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 84 mi · 1w faster
  • Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge1w · 94 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Worthing Hospital5 mi
  • Royal Sussex County Hospital6 mi
  • Brighton General Hospital6 mi
  • Lewes Victoria Hospital11 mi
  • Princess Royal Hospital13 mi
  • St Richards Hospital22 mi

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