NHS diagnostic waits · South Norfolk · MRI scan

How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, and it is the current MRI queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

2weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for an MRI scan at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 12% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital

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

  • Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford1w · 91 mi · 1w faster
  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 92 mi · 1w faster
  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham1w · 96 mi · 1w faster
  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 98 mi · 1w faster
  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone1w · 98 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Cromer Hospital21 mi

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