How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Heavitree Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Heavitree 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 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 44% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Heavitree Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Heavitree Hospital.
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay3w · 17 mi · 2w faster
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset2w · 26 mi · 3w faster
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth3w · 34 mi · 2w faster
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset1w · 47 mi · 4w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 65 mi · 3w faster
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2w · 67 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital1 mi
- Exmouth Hospital9 mi
- Victoria Hospital12 mi
- Tiverton and District Hospital13 mi
- Honiton Hospital15 mi
- Axminster Hospital23 mi
- North Devon District Hospital35 mi
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