Magnetic Resonance Imagers: Greater Manchester
(asked on 5th December 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of MRI scanning waiting lists in (a) all Greater Manchester hospitals (b) Royal Oldham Hospital.
Data on diagnostic lists and waiting times is published at a National Health Service trust level and is available in the document attached. We do not hold data on waiting lists for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan in the Royal Oldham Hospital.
The following table shows the number of patients waiting for an MRI scan in all acute Greater Manchester NHS trusts, as well as the number and percentage waiting more than six weeks, with data being correct as of September 2025:
Name of acute NHS trust | Total waiting list for MRI scans as of September 2025 | Number waiting more than six weeks for an MRI scan as of September 2025 | Percentage waiting more than six weeks for an MRI scan as of September 2025 |
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust | 637 | 9 | 1.4% |
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | 7,807 | 1,515 | 19.4% |
Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust, of which the Royal Oldham Hospital is a part | 6,102 | 180 | 2.9% |
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | 1,145 | 8 | 0.7% |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | 912 | 0 | 0% |
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust | 412 | 8 | 1.9% |
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust | 2,675 | 353 | 13.2% |
Total | 19,690 | 2,073 | 10.5% |
The national six week waiting times standard is that no more than one percent of patients waiting for an MRI scan should wait more than six weeks, or 42 days.