NHS diagnostic waits · Birmingham · MRI scan

How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Good Hope Hospital?

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

3weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for an MRI scan at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 18% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Good Hope Hospital

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

  • Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham2w · 7 mi · 1w faster
  • The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton2w · 12 mi · 1w faster
  • The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham2w · 12 mi · 1w faster
  • The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley2w · 14 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry2w · 19 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester2w · 29 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Heartlands Hospital6 mi
  • The Harborne Hospital9 mi
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital10 mi
  • Solihull Hospital11 mi

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