How long is the wait for an MRI scan at St Michael's Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Michael'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 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 8% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Michael's Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Michael's Hospital.
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 12 mi · 1w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham1w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon1w · 19 mi · 1w faster
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames1w · 19 mi · 1w faster
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford1w · 22 mi · 1w faster
- Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Runnymede1w · 27 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Chase Farm Hospital1 mi
- North Middlesex Hospital3 mi
- Hadley Wood Hospital5 mi
- Barnet Hospital6 mi
- Royal Free Hospital8 mi
- Mount Vernon Hospital16 mi
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