How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Fairford Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Fairford 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 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 9% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Fairford Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Fairford Hospital.
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 50 mi · 1w faster
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon1w · 58 mi · 1w faster
- Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Runnymede1w · 58 mi · 1w faster
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames1w · 67 mi · 1w faster
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 71 mi · 1w faster
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset1w · 75 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Cirencester Hospital8 mi
- Delancey Hospital17 mi
- Cheltenham General Hospital18 mi
- Stroud General Hospital19 mi
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital22 mi
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