How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at The Royal Oldham Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, which runs The Royal Oldham 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 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 3% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of The Royal Oldham Hospital
A shorter ultrasound queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to The Royal Oldham Hospital.
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 10 mi · 1w faster
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 22 mi · 1w faster
- North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington1w · 23 mi · 1w faster
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 33 mi · 1w faster
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral1w · 40 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester1w · 76 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Rochdale Infirmary5 mi
- Fairfield General Hospital6 mi
- Birch Hill Hospital6 mi
- Oaklands Hospital9 mi
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