NHS diagnostic waits · Lancaster · MRI scan
MRI scan waiting time at Royal Lancaster Infirmary
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NHS DM01 data, August 2026
Where it’s done at Royal Lancaster Infirmary
MRI scan is done in the imaging department at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.
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1Free on the NHS
Stay on the NHS for your scan
Wait the NHS scan queue. 3 weeks typical wait here.
2Free on the NHS
Switch to a faster NHS hospital for your scan
When your GP refers you for your MRI, Right to Choose lets you ask to go to a faster NHS hospital.
3Part paid
Private scan, keep your NHS place
Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.
4Self funded or insured
Go fully private
The scan and any follow-up, all private.
More about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
How deep the queue is now
Share of the current MRI queue at this trust by whether they have passed six weeks, August 2026. The NHS standard is that fewer than 1% wait over six weeks.
NHS hospitals near Lancaster
Royal Lancaster Infirmary (current)
0 mi
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston
18 mi
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan
34 mi
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford
35 mi
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton
37 mi
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley
43 mi
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford
44 mi
Median MRI wait so far in the current queue, August 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS DM01 diagnostics data, August 2026.
The whole trust (University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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