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Truro, TR1 3LJ
Safe: Requires improvement · Effective: Good · Caring: Good · Responsive: Requires improvement · Well-led: Good
CQC provider-level rating, published 26 February 2020. Source: CQC provider page.
Showing data for 14 specialties
Waiting times at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, by specialty. In England you can ask to be referred to a different NHS trust with a shorter wait — your Right to Choose.
At a glance
“Median” means half of patients wait less and half wait longer — it's the wait so far of people currently on the list, not how long a new referral will ultimately wait.
Click any specialty for the 12-month trend at this trust. Data through August 2026.
Scans and tests at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, from NHS England's monthly diagnostic waiting times (DM01) for August 2026. The median is the wait so far of patients on the list at the end of the month; “within 6 weeks” is the share of them who had waited less than 6 weeks. Tests with fewer than 10 patients waiting are not shown, as on our national diagnostic pages.
| Test | Median wait | Within 6 weeks | On the list |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRI scan | 2 weeks | 95% | 2,092 |
| CT scan | about 1 week | 99% | 1,160 |
| Ultrasound scan | 2 weeks | 99% | 1,961 |
| Colonoscopy | 4 weeks | 77% | 482 |
| Gastroscopy | 2 weeks | 94% | 167 |
| Flexible sigmoidoscopy | about 1 week | 90% | 71 |
| Cystoscopy | about 1 week | 98% | 130 |
| Echocardiogram | 8 weeks | 36% | 1,494 |
| DEXA scan | 2 weeks | 98% | 226 |
| Audiology assessment | 2 weeks | 96% | 116 |
| Nerve conduction test | 6 weeks | 46% | 728 |
| Urodynamics | 2 weeks | 93% | 146 |
| Sleep study | 3 weeks | 94% | 153 |
Each test links to every hospital's wait for it, shortest first. If a test has been requested urgently or to check for cancer, ask your GP or hospital team which pathway you are on.
In an emergency call 999. Unsure where to go? Call 111 or use 111.nhs.uk. These are the published figures for September 2026 — an indicator of pressure, not a live queue and not your personal wait.
High A&E pressure at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust can also affect planned operations, which may be postponed in busy periods. Source: NHS England A&E statistics · full A&E record → · how we calculate this.