How long is the wait for an MRI scan at King George Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs King George 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 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 6 weeks. 50% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of King George Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to King George Hospital.
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 7 mi · 4w faster
- Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets3w · 8 mi · 3w faster
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Islington2w · 9 mi · 4w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham1w · 10 mi · 5w faster
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth3w · 11 mi · 3w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington3w · 11 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Queen's Hospital3 mi
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