NHS diagnostic waits · Exeter · ultrasound scan

How long is the wait for an ultrasound scan at Victoria Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Victoria 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 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 30% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Victoria Hospital

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

  • Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset2w · 23 mi · 1w faster
  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset1w · 35 mi · 2w faster
  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth2w · 43 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1w · 55 mi · 2w faster
  • Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2w · 55 mi · 1w faster
  • North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 63 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Honiton Hospital8 mi
  • Exmouth Hospital8 mi
  • Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital12 mi
  • Heavitree Hospital12 mi
  • Axminster Hospital13 mi
  • Tiverton and District Hospital19 mi
  • North Devon District Hospital45 mi

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