How long is the wait for an MRI scan at St Bartholomew's Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs St Bartholomew's Hospital, 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 Barts Health NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 32% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Bartholomew's Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Bartholomew's Hospital.
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Islington2w · 1 mi · 1w faster
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 3 mi · 1w faster
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 3 mi · 1w faster
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster2w · 3 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 4 mi · 1w faster
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 4 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Barts Health NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- The Royal London Hospital2 mi
- Mile End Hospital3 mi
- Whipps Cross University Hospital6 mi
- Newham General Hospital6 mi
- Wanstead Hospital7 mi
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