NHS diagnostic waits · Tower Hamlets · ultrasound scan

How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at St Bartholomew's Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs St Bartholomew's 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 Barts Health NHS Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 12% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Bartholomew's Hospital

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

  • Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Islington1w · 1 mi · 1w faster
  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 4 mi · 1w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon1w · 9 mi · 1w faster
  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 44 mi · 1w faster
  • Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge1w · 46 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester1w · 88 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Barts Health NHS Trust

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

  • The Royal London Hospital2 mi
  • Mile End Hospital3 mi
  • Whipps Cross University Hospital6 mi
  • Newham General Hospital6 mi
  • Wanstead Hospital7 mi

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