NHS diagnostic waits · Wakefield · MRI scan

How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Dewsbury & District Hospital?

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

4weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for an MRI scan at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 31% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Dewsbury & District Hospital

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

  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees2w · 7 mi · 2w faster
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 9 mi · 3w faster
  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Leeds2w · 9 mi · 2w faster
  • Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Barnsley3w · 12 mi · 1w faster
  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 19 mi · 3w faster
  • Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire2w · 21 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

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

  • Pinderfields General Hospital7 mi
  • Pontefract General Infirmary14 mi

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