NHS diagnostic waits · Stevenage · MRI scan

How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth I I 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 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 34% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital

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

  • Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow2w · 12 mi · 2w faster
  • West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford2w · 13 mi · 2w faster
  • London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent2w · 15 mi · 2w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington3w · 15 mi · 1w faster
  • Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 16 mi · 2w faster
  • Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 17 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

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

  • Lister Hospital10 mi
  • Bishops Wood Hospital16 mi

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