NHS diagnostic waits · Liverpool · MRI scan

How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Royal Liverpool University Hospital?

The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Liverpool University Hospital, and it is the current MRI queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

2weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for an MRI scan at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 5% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Liverpool University Hospital

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

  • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington1w · 15 mi · 1w faster
  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 30 mi · 1w faster
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside1w · 37 mi · 1w faster
  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 53 mi · 1w faster
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 55 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Broadgreen Hospital3 mi
  • Walton Hospital3 mi
  • University Hospital Aintree4 mi

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