NHS diagnostic waits · Preston · MRI scan

How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Chorley & South Ribble Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Chorley & South Ribble Hospital, and it is the current MRI queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

2weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for an MRI scan at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 1% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Chorley & South Ribble Hospital

A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Chorley & South Ribble Hospital.

  • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington1w · 19 mi · 1w faster
  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 23 mi · 1w faster
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside1w · 26 mi · 1w faster
  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 32 mi · 1w faster
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 36 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.

  • Ramsey Buckshawe Hospital2 mi
  • Royal Preston Hospital9 mi

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