How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Pontefract General Infirmary?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, which runs Pontefract General Infirmary, 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 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 Pontefract General Infirmary
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Pontefract General Infirmary.
- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Barnsley3w · 12 mi · 1w faster
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Leeds2w · 12 mi · 2w faster
- The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust · Rotherham2w · 19 mi · 2w faster
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Sheffield3w · 20 mi · 1w faster
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 21 mi · 3w faster
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · York2w · 21 mi · 2w 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.
- Pinderfields General Hospital7 mi
- Dewsbury & District Hospital14 mi
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