How long is the wait for an MRI scan at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust, which runs The Queen Elizabeth 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 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 16% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · South Norfolk2w · 34 mi · 1w faster
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · West Suffolk2w · 38 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester2w · 67 mi · 1w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 71 mi · 2w faster
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry2w · 82 mi · 1w faster
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow2w · 84 mi · 1w faster
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