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Ultrasonics: Waiting Lists

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 23 March 2026UIN 112888

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the waiting time for emergency ultrasound scans at Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB hospitals.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department does not hold information on waiting times for emergency ultrasound scans.

However, in December 2025, the NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board carried out 2,021 unscheduled, or emergency, non-obstetric ultrasound tests. Unscheduled tests are defined as including the number of diagnostic tests or procedures carried out during the month on patients following an emergency admission, and any diagnostic tests or procedures on patients in accident and emergency.

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