NHS diagnostic waits · Worcester · ultrasound scan

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

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

5weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for an ultrasound scan at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 41% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Worcestershire Royal Hospital

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

  • The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham1w · 18 mi · 4w faster
  • Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cheltenham2w · 21 mi · 3w faster
  • The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley3w · 22 mi · 2w faster
  • Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Sandwell2w · 23 mi · 3w faster
  • Wye Valley NHS Trust · Herefordshire, County of2w · 24 mi · 3w faster
  • Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham3w · 24 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

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

  • Alexandra Hospital13 mi
  • Kidderminster Hospital14 mi

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