How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Addenbrooke's Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Addenbrooke's Hospital, and it is the current MRI queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.
Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
Half of the people waiting for an MRI scan at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 36% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Addenbrooke's Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Addenbrooke's Hospital.
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · West Suffolk2w · 24 mi · 2w faster
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Colchester3w · 37 mi · 1w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 39 mi · 3w faster
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow2w · 42 mi · 2w faster
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust · King's Lynn and West Norfolk3w · 42 mi · 1w faster
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford2w · 43 mi · 2w faster
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