How long is the wait for an MRI scan at City Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs City 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 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS 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 City Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to City Hospital.
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham2w · 2 mi · 3w faster
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham3w · 3 mi · 2w faster
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham2w · 5 mi · 3w faster
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley2w · 8 mi · 3w faster
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton2w · 10 mi · 3w faster
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth4w · 19 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Midland Metropolitan University Hospital1 mi
- Sandwell General Hospital4 mi
- Rowley Regis Hospital4 mi
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