IMGImaging · scan
MRI scan
3T MRI of one area, within 48 hours of your call, reported by a consultant radiologist in two working days.
- Next slot
- Tue 08:40Dr Naomi Sterling · demo
- Promise
- Scans within 48 hours
- Self-pay
- £395
- Consultants
- 3 in IMG
MRI suite, ground floor 
CT, ground floor 
Ultrasound scan 
X-ray
IMG[01] About
What the scan is.
You do not need to have seen a consultant first. Tell us what hurts, our clinical team checks the request, and you are scanned in the wide-bore 3T scanner, usually within 48 hours.
What happens
- A short safety questionnaire by phone (metal, implants, pacemakers)
- 20 to 40 minutes in the scanner, music through headphones
- The consultant radiologist reports within two working days
- Report and images in your Northgate Results account, and to your referrer
Every self-pay price is fixed in writing before you attend. Insured patients need an authorisation number from their insurer; we bill the insurer directly.
Included in £3955 lines
- Wide-bore 3T MRI of one region
- Consultant radiologist report within two working days
- Images and report in your results account, shareable with any doctor
- A phone call from a radiologist if anything needs action
- Referral written by our clinical team if you do not have one
Self-pay, fixedIMG
£395from
One area; two areas £595
- Wait
- 48 hours
- Results
- 2 working days
- Referral
- Not needed
- Takes
- 20 to 40 minutes
- Next · demo
- Tue 08:40
Insured: usually covered on our request; we check your policy and bill the insurer directly.
Suitable for
- Knee, shoulder, hip, back and neck pain
- Headaches and dizziness the GP wants imaged
- Pelvic and abdominal symptoms
- Follow-up of a known problem
Not for
- Some pacemakers and cochlear implants (we check first)
- The first 12 weeks of pregnancy unless urgent
- Severe claustrophobia without sedation (a CT may suit better)
[02]IMG · the numbers
The numbers on this one.
Wait, results turnaround, the referral rule and what happens when, with the audited figure under them.
Numbers and risks
Wait
48 hours
Results
2 working days
Referral
Not needed
Takes
20 to 40 minutes
What happens when
- Same day
- No recovery. Drive, work and eat as normal.
- 2 working days
- Report in your account. A message tells you it is there.
Audited2025 audit
Median 1.8 working days from scan to report across 9,100 MRIs in 2025
- median, scan to report
- 1.8 days
- median, first call to consultant plan
- 4 days
- median, call to MRI
- 38 hours
- day-case complication rate
- 0.6%
- unplanned overnight stays
- 0.9%
Northgate Results
How you get your results
- On the day
- Ultrasound, X-ray, ECG and endoscopy: the clinician tells you what they saw before you leave.
- Within 2 working days
- MRI and CT reports are signed by a consultant radiologist and appear in your account. You get a text and an email.
- The same working day, if it matters
- Anything that needs urgent action is phoned through to you and your referrer by the reporting consultant, before the report is even typed up.
- Within 7 working days
- Biopsies and histology. The consultant who took them calls you with the result and the plan.
If a scan or test shows something that needs action, the reporting consultant phones you the same working day and tells your referrer. You are never left to find bad news in an online account.
[03]Consultant radiologist, clinical director
Reported by Naomi Sterling.
Consultant and questions
- Next · demo
- Tue 08:40
- GMC
- DEMO-7200001
- Languages
- English, German
22,000+ scans reported1.6 days her median report time
Also in IMG
- Dr Kwame AsanteWed 10:20 · demo
- Dr Ingrid HalvorsenThu 09:00 · demo
Do I need a referral?
No. Our clinical team writes one after a short phone assessment. If you already have a letter from a GP or consultant, upload it when you book and we scan exactly what they asked for.
Will I get the result explained?
The report is written for a doctor, so we offer a 20-minute results call with a consultant for £95, or we send it straight to your GP or consultant at no charge.
Do I need a GP referral?
Not for a self-pay scan or consultation: our clinical team does a short phone assessment and writes the request. Insurers usually need a GP referral before they will authorise a consultant, though most will cover a scan we request. Rachel's team checks your policy before you attend.
How fast, really?
Audited for 2025: median 38 hours from first call to MRI, median 4 working days from first call to a consultant's written plan, endoscopy within 7 days, day surgery within 3 weeks. The estimator shows the next available date for each department.
Is the price fixed?
Yes. Scan and consultation prices are published. Day-surgery packages are quoted in writing after your consultation and include the surgeon, anaesthetist, theatre, stay, medicines, two follow-ups and any return to theatre within 30 days. The quote is the invoice.
What is not included in a package?
The initial consultation, any scan before it, and anything unrelated to the operation. If a keyhole gallbladder has to become an open operation, or you need to stay overnight, that is covered. We say so on the quote.
- Open
- Mon–Fri 07:30–20:00 · Sat 08:00–14:00
- Next slot
- Tue 08:40 · Dr Naomi Sterling (demo)
- Waiting
- Scans within 48 hours, consultants within 5 working days
- Where
- Northgate House, Wexbury WX1 4NQ
- Phone
- 01632 960700