How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Luton & Dunstable Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Luton & Dunstable 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 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 37% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Luton & Dunstable Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Luton & Dunstable Hospital.
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 14 mi · 3w faster
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford2w · 17 mi · 2w faster
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire2w · 17 mi · 2w faster
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow2w · 19 mi · 2w faster
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent2w · 23 mi · 2w faster
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon1w · 25 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Bedford Hospital16 mi
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