How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Northern General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Northern General 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 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 28% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Northern General Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Northern General Hospital.
- The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust · Rotherham2w · 5 mi · 1w faster
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Chesterfield2w · 12 mi · 1w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees2w · 23 mi · 1w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside1w · 26 mi · 2w faster
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Leeds2w · 28 mi · 1w faster
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport2w · 28 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Royal Hallamshire Hospital3 mi
- Weston Park Hospital3 mi
- Claremont Hospital4 mi
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