How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Uckfield Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Uckfield 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 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 14% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Uckfield Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Uckfield Hospital.
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust · Brighton and Hove2w · 13 mi · 1w faster
- Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Mid Sussex2w · 13 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust · Worthing2w · 23 mi · 1w faster
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone1w · 27 mi · 2w faster
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon2w · 31 mi · 1w faster
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton2w · 31 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Eastbourne District General Hospital14 mi
- Bexhill Hospital18 mi
- Conquest Hospital21 mi
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