NHS diagnostic waits · County Durham · MRI scan
MRI scan waiting time at University Hospital of North Durham
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weeks
Median wait so far in the current NHS MRI queue.
NHS DM01 data, July 2026
Radiology at University Hospital of North Durham
MRI scan is carried out by the Radiology department at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.
What an MRI scan involves, on the NHS website →Get your free wait-or-pay dashboard for your treatment: the faster hospitals near you and every option, compared.
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1Free on the NHS
Stay on the NHS for your scan
Wait the NHS scan queue. 3 wks typical wait here.
2Free on the NHS
Switch to a faster NHS hospital for your scan
When your GP refers you for your MRI, Right to Choose lets you ask to go to a faster NHS hospital.
3Part paid
Private scan, keep your NHS place
Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.
4Self funded or insured
Go fully private
The scan and any follow-up, all private.
See my full options →Information only. We do not recommend a route.
More about County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
How deep the queue is now
89%
11%
0 to 6 wks
Over 6 wks
Share of the current MRI queue at this trust by whether they have passed six weeks, July 2026. The NHS standard is that fewer than 1% wait over six weeks.
NHS hospitals near County Durham
University Hospital of North Durham (current)
0 mi
3 wks
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust · Gateshead
10 mi
2 wks
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside
17 mi
2 wks
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough
22 mi
2 wks
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire
55 mi
2 wks
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Cumberland
55 mi
2 wks
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Westmorland and Furness
56 mi
2 wks
Median MRI wait so far in the current queue, July 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS DM01 diagnostics data, July 2026.
The whole trust (County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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