How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Crawley Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Crawley 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 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 24% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Crawley Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Crawley Hospital.
- Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Mid Sussex2w · 9 mi · 1w faster
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton2w · 18 mi · 1w faster
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon2w · 19 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford2w · 20 mi · 1w faster
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust · Brighton and Hove2w · 20 mi · 1w faster
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames1w · 21 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- East Surrey Hospital7 mi
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