NHS diagnostic waits · Dorset · MRI scan
How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Dorset County Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Dorset County Hospital, and it is the current MRI queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.
1weeks
Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
Half of the people waiting for an MRI scan at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 1 weeks. 3% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
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