How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Chelsea & Westminster 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 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 8% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Chelsea & Westminster Hospital.
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 1 mi · 2w faster
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster2w · 2 mi · 1w faster
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 4 mi · 1w faster
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 4 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 5 mi · 1w faster
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Islington2w · 5 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- West Middlesex University Hospital6 mi
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