NHS diagnostic waits · Leeds · ultrasound scan

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

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs St James's University Hospital, and it is the current ultrasound queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

3weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for an ultrasound scan at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 15% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St James's University Hospital

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

  • Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust · Wakefield2w · 8 mi · 1w faster
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 11 mi · 2w faster
  • Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire2w · 13 mi · 1w faster
  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees2w · 16 mi · 1w faster
  • Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Barnsley2w · 17 mi · 1w faster
  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 19 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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

  • Chapel Allerton Hospital1 mi
  • Leeds General Infirmary1 mi
  • Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary1 mi
  • Seacroft Hospital2 mi
  • Wharfedale Hospital10 mi

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