NHS diagnostic waits · North Tyneside · MRI scan

How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Wansbeck General Hospital?

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

2weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for an MRI scan at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 0% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Wansbeck General Hospital

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

  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 90 mi · 1w faster
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 96 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Ashington Hospital1 mi
  • Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital8 mi
  • North Tyneside General Hospital11 mi
  • Cobalt Hospital11 mi
  • Alnwick Infirmary17 mi
  • Hexham General Hospital26 mi

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