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	1756765	12.0	21.5
Non-obstetric Ultrasound	589768	9.2	18.4
MRI Scans	369495	19.2	21.1
CT Scan	205224	8.1	10.0
Echocardiography	151802	3.2	25.6
Audiology	97449	12.7	40.7
Colonoscopy	73695	22.2	29.3
Gastroscopy	71429	20.7	28.9
Dexa Scan	58033	5.8	12.4
Peripheral Neurophysiology	39006	12.6	39.1
Sleep Studies	37226	24.0	25.8
Cystoscopy	25290	10.6	24.1
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy	23022	16.3	29.5
Urodynamics	10558	11.4	42.4
Barium Enema	4637	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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