How long is the wait for an MRI scan at King's College Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs King's College 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 King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 21% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of King's College Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to King's College Hospital.
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham1w · 3 mi · 1w faster
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 4 mi · 1w faster
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames1w · 9 mi · 1w faster
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford1w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon1w · 16 mi · 1w faster
- Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Runnymede1w · 20 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Princess Royal University Hospital10 mi
- Orpington Hospital11 mi
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