How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Burton Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Burton 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 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 44% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Burton Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Burton Hospital.
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth4w · 22 mi · 1w faster
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton2w · 24 mi · 3w faster
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham2w · 25 mi · 3w faster
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester2w · 25 mi · 3w faster
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent4w · 26 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham3w · 28 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Royal Derby Hospital9 mi
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