How long is the wait for an MRI scan at St George's Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs St George'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 University Hospitals of North Midlands 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 St George's Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St George's Hospital.
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton2w · 15 mi · 2w faster
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley2w · 21 mi · 2w faster
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham2w · 24 mi · 2w faster
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire East2w · 26 mi · 2w faster
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham3w · 26 mi · 1w faster
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham2w · 28 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- County Hospital1 mi
- Royal Stoke University Hospital14 mi
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