How long is the wait for an MRI scan at Whipps Cross University Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs Whipps Cross University 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 Barts Health NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 32% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Whipps Cross University Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Whipps Cross University Hospital.
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 3 mi · 1w faster
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Islington2w · 5 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham1w · 9 mi · 2w faster
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 9 mi · 1w faster
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster2w · 9 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Barts Health NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Wanstead Hospital1 mi
- Mile End Hospital4 mi
- Newham General Hospital4 mi
- The Royal London Hospital5 mi
- St Bartholomew's Hospital6 mi
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