How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Watford General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Watford General 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 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 7% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Watford General Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Watford General Hospital.
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon1w · 9 mi · 1w faster
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames1w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Runnymede1w · 19 mi · 1w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham1w · 21 mi · 1w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 30 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- St Albans City Hospital8 mi
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