NHS diagnostic waits · Doncaster · MRI scan

How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Doncaster Royal Infirmary?

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

5weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for an MRI scan at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 47% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Doncaster Royal Infirmary

A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Doncaster Royal Infirmary.

  • The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust · Rotherham2w · 13 mi · 3w faster
  • Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Barnsley3w · 16 mi · 2w faster
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Sheffield3w · 17 mi · 2w faster
  • Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Sheffield4w · 19 mi · 1w faster
  • Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust · Wakefield4w · 19 mi · 1w faster
  • Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Chesterfield2w · 24 mi · 3w faster

Other hospitals run by Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Montagu Hospital8 mi
  • Bassetlaw Hospital15 mi

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