NHS diagnostic waits · Wakefield · MRI scan

How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Pinderfields General Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, which runs Pinderfields General Hospital, and it is the current MRI queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

4weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for an MRI scan at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 31% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Pinderfields General Hospital

A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Pinderfields General Hospital.

  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Leeds2w · 8 mi · 2w faster
  • Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Barnsley3w · 9 mi · 1w faster
  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees2w · 14 mi · 2w faster
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 15 mi · 3w faster
  • The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust · Rotherham2w · 20 mi · 2w faster
  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Sheffield3w · 20 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

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

  • Dewsbury & District Hospital7 mi
  • Pontefract General Infirmary7 mi

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