How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Sunderland Royal Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Sunderland Royal 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 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 22% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Sunderland Royal Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Sunderland Royal Hospital.
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust · Gateshead2w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside2w · 9 mi · 1w faster
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool2w · 16 mi · 1w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough2w · 25 mi · 1w faster
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Cumberland2w · 61 mi · 1w faster
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire2w · 63 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- South Tyneside District Hospital5 mi
- University Hospital of North Durham11 mi
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