Home Scans and tests DEXA bone density scan DEXA bone density scan waiting times in England DEXA bone density scan waiting times at every NHS and independent provider in England. A DEXA scan measures bone density to diagnose osteoporosis. Machines are few, so the wait depends heavily on which hospital you are sent to.
21% of the 68,269 people waiting in England in August 2026 had waited over six weeks. 51,518 tests were done in the month. 122 providers with figures, smallest share over six weeks first.
Provider Over six weeks Waiting Done in month Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester, North West 0% 986 919 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford, South East 0% 970 796 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North Tyneside, North East 0% 694 490 Medway NHS Foundation Trust Medway, South East 0% 440 316 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby, East Midlands 0% 421 1,264 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn with Darwen, North West 0% 403 454 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Cumberland, North West 0% 393 282 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Reigate and Banstead, South East 0% 383 288 St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wandsworth, London 0% 362 256 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 335 203 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke and Deane, South East 0% 333 495 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone, South East 0% 330 495 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage, East of England 0% 321 397 Whittington Health NHS Trust Islington, London 0% 312 279 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston, North West 0% 306 337 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Hackney, London 0% 279 203 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick, West Midlands 0% 277 339 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington, North West 0% 268 223 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester, East of England 0% 264 182 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 215 576 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, South West 0% 194 237 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 181 466 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Camden, London 0% 177 426 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames, London 0% 141 235 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton and Bedworth, West Midlands 0% 120 182 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Dartford, South East 0% 116 213 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 106 335 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust New Forest, South East 0% 87 206 Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust Harrow, London 0% 85 227 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth, East of England 0% 82 224 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool, North West 0% 76 283 The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Kensington and Chelsea, London 0% 53 92 Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Mid Sussex, South East 0% 31 76 The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Manchester, North West 0% 29 104 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton, West Midlands 0% 654 476 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Croydon, London 0% 622 435 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral, North West 0% 586 344 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 291 316 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 739 579 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West 0% 218 604 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan, North West 0% 203 304 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Sandwell, West Midlands 1% 193 126 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham, South West 1% 548 424 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, North West 1% 676 810 University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust 1% 244 731 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kensington and Chelsea, London 1% 341 593 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber 1% 440 349 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheshire East, North West 1% 320 323 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead, North East 1% 284 392 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust West Suffolk, East of England 1% 182 170 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 1% 239 184 Wye Valley NHS Trust Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands 1% 79 164 Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Runnymede, South East 1% 547 386 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South Norfolk, East of England 1% 664 405 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport, North West 1% 436 628 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington, North East 2% 583 453 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry, West Midlands 2% 526 275 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Westminster, London 2% 659 584 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Cornwall, South West 2% 226 422 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber 2% 800 398 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge, East of England 2% 559 585 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Brent, London 2% 919 706 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester, East Midlands 3% 1,095 684 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough, East of England 3% 699 392 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool, North East 4% 628 394 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Sutton, London 4% 684 469 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough, North East 4% 491 208 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 4% 237 508 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Westmorland and Furness, North West 4% 420 354 Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, North West 4% 101 327 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Knowsley, North West 4% 721 657 The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne, North East 5% 431 543 Medical Imaging Partnership Ltd 5% 327 257 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn and West Norfolk, East of England 6% 180 61 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Bristol, City of, South West 6% 1,028 867 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford, North West 6% 643 440 Diagnostic Healthcare Ltd 7% 715 395 Pennine Musculoskeletal Partnership (Icats) 8% 25 26 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Wiltshire, South West 9% 223 207 Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford, South East 9% 148 104 Sussex Medical Centre Ltd (Clive Avenue) 10% 250 568 Cora Health Diagnostics (Formerly Healthshare Diagnostics) Free on the NHS Tonbridge and Malling, South East 10% 52 68 Inhealth Limited Free on the NHS Buckinghamshire, South East 10% 154 172 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Lewisham, London 10% 592 595 Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield, East Midlands 11% 394 376 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton, South East 12% 628 419 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford, East of England 12% 2,241 338 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Havering, London 13% 604 311 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland, North East 14% 620 412 Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Brighton and Hove, South East 15% 600 348 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Surrey Heath, South East 20% 1,138 553 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath and North East Somerset, South West 23% 813 385 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Ashfield, East Midlands 24% 877 325 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham, East Midlands 24% 855 1,141 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber 25% 649 398 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury, South East 25% 856 379 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth, London 26% 716 614 King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth, London 27% 1,069 623 Isle of Wight NHS Trust Isle of Wight, South East 27% 216 125 Spire Regency Hospital Free on the NHS Cheshire East, North West 30% 478 274 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cheshire West and Chester, North West 31% 459 371 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorset, South West 32% 594 257 Nuffield Health, York Hospital Free on the NHS York, Yorkshire and The Humber 33% 49 0 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust North East Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber 34% 687 257 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton, East of England 34% 1,374 564 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester, West Midlands 34% 1,069 331 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley, West Midlands 36% 780 358 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Camden, London 38% 1,806 1,157 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Somerset, South West 38% 709 385 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln, East Midlands 38% 1,253 522 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham, West Midlands 39% 2,230 982 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth, South East 40% 739 350 Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Stafford, West Midlands 43% 907 393 Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham, West Midlands 45% 40 47 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Buckinghamshire, South East 46% 668 228 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber 57% 2,334 450 Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation Trust 58% 460 45 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North Northamptonshire, East Midlands 61% 69 50 Barts Health NHS Trust Tower Hamlets, London 61% 2,719 693 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber 62% 957 539 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter, South West 68% 1,590 386 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Southend-on-Sea, East of England 70% 1,526 1,237
Providers with fewer than 20 people waiting are not listed.
NHS England figures, August 2026 . Checked for new figures 14 October 2026 . About the data .
Questions people ask How long is the wait for an NHS dexa bone density scan? It depends where you are referred. In August 2026, 21% of the 68,269 people waiting for a dexa bone density scan in England had waited over six weeks. MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST had the smallest share over six weeks among providers with 20 or more people waiting. The six-week figure is what NHS England publishes; it does not publish an average wait for tests.
Can I have my dexa bone density scan somewhere quicker? Often, yes. You can ask the person referring you to send the request to a different hospital, or to an independent provider that does the test for the NHS. The table above shows who has the shortest waits. For urgent cases, including suspected cancer, the test is prioritised and these routine figures do not apply.
What does "over six weeks" mean? NHS England's standard is that fewer than 1 in 100 people should wait more than six weeks from the request to the test. The share over six weeks is the simplest measure of how far a hospital is from that standard. 48 of the 122 providers listed meet it this month.
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