NHS diagnostic waits · Peterborough · MRI scan

How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Stamford & Rutland Hospital?

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

5weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for an MRI scan at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 37% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Stamford & Rutland Hospital

A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Stamford & Rutland Hospital.

  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester2w · 28 mi · 3w faster
  • Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust · West Northamptonshire4w · 34 mi · 1w faster
  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust · King's Lynn and West Norfolk3w · 39 mi · 2w faster
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge4w · 42 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry2w · 44 mi · 3w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth4w · 44 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Peterborough City Hospital9 mi
  • Hinchingbrooke Hospital25 mi

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