How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Basildon Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Basildon 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 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 23% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Basildon Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Basildon Hospital.
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford1w · 12 mi · 2w faster
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway2w · 13 mi · 1w faster
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone1w · 20 mi · 2w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham1w · 21 mi · 2w faster
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 21 mi · 1w faster
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Islington2w · 23 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Orsett Hospital5 mi
- Southend Hospital10 mi
- Mid Essex Hospital15 mi
- St Michael's Hospital23 mi
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