How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Southport and Formby District General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Southport and Formby District General 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 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 22% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Southport and Formby District General Hospital
A shorter ultrasound queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Southport and Formby District General Hospital.
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Blackpool2w · 13 mi · 1w faster
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool2w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool2w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust · South Ribble2w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 16 mi · 2w faster
- Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool2w · 16 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Ormskirk and District General Hospital6 mi
- Whiston Hospital17 mi
- St Helens Hospital17 mi
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