Diagnostic Waits by Test - May 2026

Diagnostic Test Waits | Acute Trusts

Diagnostic waits within Acute Trusts have risen by 11.2% year over year with a current national performance of 24.4% waiting more than 6 weeks.

This is a -40,911 waits decrease from April to May and -1.0% less waiting more than 6 weeks.

Test	Waits	YoY pct change	6w Performance
Diagnostics	1,747,611	11.2%	24.4%
Non-obstetric Ultrasound	579,076	5.4%	21.4%
MRI Scans	353,579	17.7%	23.0%
CT Scan	195,258	10.0%	11.0%
Echocardiography	158,768	2.9%	28.3%
Audiology	103,900	14.8%	44.6%
Colonoscopy	75,386	19.5%	32.6%
Gastroscopy	72,558	17.5%	32.1%
Dexa Scan	61,400	20.7%	16.5%
Sleep Studies	41,577	38.5%	29.6%
Peripheral Neurophysiology	41,396	13.8%	42.1%
Cystoscopy	26,143	11.8%	27.8%
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy	23,288	13.2%	33.2%
Urodynamics	10,140	10.3%	44.4%
Barium Enema	4,982	36.5%	24.0%
Electrophysiology	160	-66.9%	29.4%

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

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