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I had an MRI of my ear 5 weeks ago and still no results.  I keep thinking nothing could have been found to leave it this long? Wadte of time phoning as noone answers and have left messages with Consultants' Secretary but remain unanswered. How long have others waited?

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  • Hello and thanks for your post

    Waiting to get scan results is often a worrying time and lots of people contact us to ask how long they will have to wait. 

    Our understanding is that scan waiting times in the NHS can vary depending on the workload and staffing in these hospital departments. There is also an NHS backlog causing delays because of Covid in processing results, so this is not unusual at the moment to wait a few weeks.

    If you don't hear anything by next week, then do ask your GP to enquire, or keep trying to ring the specialist/consultant secretary. 

    I hope everything goes well for you.

    Kind regards,

    Celene

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  • Hello and thanks for your post

    Waiting to get scan results is often a worrying time and lots of people contact us to ask how long they will have to wait. 

    Our understanding is that scan waiting times in the NHS can vary depending on the workload and staffing in these hospital departments. There is also an NHS backlog causing delays because of Covid in processing results, so this is not unusual at the moment to wait a few weeks.

    If you don't hear anything by next week, then do ask your GP to enquire, or keep trying to ring the specialist/consultant secretary. 

    I hope everything goes well for you.

    Kind regards,

    Celene

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