How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Bedford Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Bedford 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 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 37% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Bedford Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Bedford Hospital.
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 13 mi · 3w faster
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford2w · 33 mi · 2w faster
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire2w · 33 mi · 2w faster
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow2w · 35 mi · 2w faster
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent2w · 39 mi · 2w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington3w · 41 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Luton & Dunstable Hospital16 mi
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