NHS Wait Helper

Diagnostic test waiting times

CT scan waiting times in England

At the end of June 2026, 202,521 people in England were waiting for a ct scan; 9.9% had waited more than six weeks and 2.5% more than 13 weeks. NHS England publishes these figures against a six-week measure.

An X-ray based cross-sectional scan. NHS England reports it as Computed Tomography.

People waiting
202,521
End of June 2026
Waiting over 6 weeks
9.9%
NHS England reports this test against a six-week measure
Waiting over 13 weeks
5,023
Share of all test waits
10.5%
of the 15 reported tests

How this has changed

In April 2025, 11% of people waiting for this test had waited over six weeks; in June 2026 it was 9.9%. The number of providers reporting can change between months, so small moves should not be over-read.

Month-by-month figures
Monthly CT scan figures for England
MonthWaitingOver 6 weeksProviders
April 2025184,38811.0%259
May 2025179,96211.2%262
June 2025180,45710.9%265
July 2025176,21311.0%256
August 2025163,35811.9%260
September 2025172,7339.8%258
October 2025180,9539.5%261
November 2025182,2799.6%258
December 2025176,69412.2%260
January 2026195,92311.5%260
February 2026203,8739.3%261
March 2026207,52410.0%263
April 2026208,45112.5%264
May 2026197,33011.0%263
June 2026202,5219.9%263

How much trusts differ

  • 1% or less over 6 weeks37 trusts
  • 1% to 10%63 trusts
  • 10% to 25%23 trusts
  • Over 25%7 trusts

NHS trusts by share waiting over six weeks

Trusts with at least 100 people waiting for this test, most recent month, lowest share over six weeks first.

NHS trusts reporting CT scan waits
TrustWaitingOver 6 weeksOver 13 weeks
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust1760.0%0
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust6530.0%0
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust1330.0%0
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust4860.0%0
Whittington Health NHS Trust4070.0%0
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust2,4190.0%0
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust2,6660.0%0
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust6290.0%0
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust1,5680.0%0
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust1,1220.1%0
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,2040.1%0
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust8640.1%0
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust9750.1%0
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust1,5280.1%0
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust1,6950.2%1
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust8230.2%0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust4760.2%0
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust1,6400.2%0
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust1,9760.3%0
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust3530.3%0
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust9920.4%1
Wye Valley NHS Trust8270.4%0
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,2900.4%0
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust7180.4%1
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust2,2790.4%0
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust1,0800.5%0
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust2,2890.5%1
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust1,1900.5%0
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1990.5%0
North Bristol NHS Trust1,7120.5%0
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust4890.6%0
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust6000.7%0
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust7030.7%0
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust2620.8%0
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,9980.8%0
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust1,1560.8%0
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust1,5240.9%0
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust6121.1%0
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust1,8131.1%0
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust9301.1%4
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust1,4031.1%2
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust1,2721.1%1
Medway NHS Foundation Trust4161.2%0
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust4381.4%0
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust8921.5%0
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust1,1211.6%1
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust5791.6%0
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust4231.7%1
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,8591.7%1
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust1,6901.7%2
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust2,0202.0%1
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust6632.1%1
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust2,0742.1%1
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust7272.1%2
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust8222.1%5
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust1,3892.2%0
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust9692.2%0
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust1,8492.4%1
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust2752.5%5
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust3,1302.5%53
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,7802.5%6
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1472.7%0
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust4802.9%0
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust1,4692.9%5
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,5923.0%4
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,1983.3%0
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust7963.4%0
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust2,9593.6%3
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust2,4493.7%0
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust1,6563.9%7
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1,0054.0%0
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,4284.3%5
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust9874.3%3
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust5704.4%0
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust9634.8%3
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust3,7964.8%20
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust7804.9%4
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust1424.9%0
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust5805.0%0
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust1,5545.1%1
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust2,3945.3%45
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust2,6765.6%0
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust9526.1%12
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust1,8416.6%1
East Cheshire NHS Trust5756.8%0
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust3,6796.8%6
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust2,9316.9%0
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust2,5217.1%0
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust1,6377.4%4
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust1,5067.4%9
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust1,1597.4%43
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust3,2147.7%127
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust1,5407.7%0
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust7229.0%2
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,1179.0%9
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust2,3619.1%63
Barts Health NHS Trust4,6299.3%57
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust1,4259.3%12
Isle of Wight NHS Trust6439.5%1
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1,1199.9%34
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust94310.5%1
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust1,28110.9%12
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,40712.2%58
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust85612.4%42
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust1,00212.5%1
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust91212.7%40
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust1,76712.9%17
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust4,51213.0%66
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust1,18813.6%39
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust2,65214.4%186
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust4,85114.9%113
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust1,83115.2%140
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust4,33116.0%74
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust2,32317.1%5
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1,35017.6%18
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust62017.6%20
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust2,16517.8%98
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust65219.2%5
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust1,64020.2%1
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust2,16421.0%311
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust85121.0%4
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3,25921.4%136
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1,09824.6%113
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust2,46529.1%272
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust14329.4%27
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust1,19730.3%106
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust2,58930.3%203
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust4,13731.5%442
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust8,47636.8%1,105
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust4,53740.3%706

What this measure includes

  • People recorded as waiting for one of the 15 diagnostic tests and procedures covered by NHS England's monthly diagnostics collection.
  • These figures relate to the wait for the diagnostic test or procedure covered by this dataset. They do not tell you how long your overall NHS pathway will take.

A separate collection from the 18-week figures

The monthly diagnostics collection is published separately from the consultant-led referral-to-treatment collection. They count different things and are not added together, so a diagnostic figure on this page does not describe any referral-to-treatment position.

What these figures cannot tell you

  • Where you are in a queue, or when you will be seen or treated.
  • How urgent your own referral is. These are aggregate waiting-list figures and do not show the clinical priority of an individual patient.
  • Anything about a specific consultant, clinic or site within a trust.
  • What will happen next month: these are end-of-month snapshots of a past period.

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