Diagnostic Waits by Test - Mar 2026

Diagnostic Test Waits | Acute Trusts

Diagnostic waits within Acute Trusts have risen by 12.0% year over year with a current national performance of 21.5%.

This is a +48,353 waits increase from Feb to March and 0.9% more waiting more than 6 weeks.

Test	Waits	YoY pct change	6w Performance
Diagnostics	1,756,765	12.0%	21.5%
Non-obstetric Ultrasound	589,768	9.2%	18.4%
MRI Scans	369,495	19.2%	21.1%
CT Scan	205,224	8.1%	10.0%
Echocardiography	151,802	3.2%	25.6%
Audiology	97,449	12.7%	40.7%
Colonoscopy	73,695	22.2%	29.3%
Gastroscopy	71,429	20.7%	28.9%
Dexa Scan	58,033	5.8%	12.4%
Peripheral Neurophysiology	39,006	12.6%	39.1%
Sleep Studies	37,226	24.0%	25.8%
Cystoscopy	25,290	10.6%	24.1%
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy	23,022	16.3%	29.5%
Urodynamics	10,558	11.4%	42.4%
Barium Enema	4,637	33.5%	18.1%
Electrophysiology	131	-58.0%	33.6%

*Totals shown above are summed across Acute Trusts and 6 week performance is an aggregated performance.

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