How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at St Albans City Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs St Albans City 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 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS 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 St Albans City Hospital
A shorter ultrasound queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Albans City Hospital.
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow2w · 9 mi · 2w faster
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Luton3w · 11 mi · 1w faster
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent3w · 13 mi · 1w faster
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire2w · 14 mi · 2w faster
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden3w · 16 mi · 1w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington3w · 16 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Watford General Hospital8 mi
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