NHS diagnostic waits · Peterborough · MRI scan

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

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Hinchingbrooke Hospital, 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 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 37% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Hinchingbrooke Hospital

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

  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge4w · 18 mi · 1w faster
  • East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust · Stevenage4w · 28 mi · 1w faster
  • Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust · West Northamptonshire4w · 30 mi · 1w faster
  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 31 mi · 4w faster
  • Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Luton4w · 32 mi · 1w faster
  • West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · West Suffolk2w · 39 mi · 3w faster

Other hospitals run by North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Peterborough City Hospital18 mi
  • Stamford & Rutland Hospital25 mi

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