Under current best practice guidelines, patients should receive an MRI and biopsy within 7 days of an urgent GP referral for suspected prostate cancer but depending on the capacity of radiologists ...

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Scan.com offers fast, accessible private scans including MRI, CT and ultrasound, with results in days and no GP referral ...

A 30-SECOND breath test to detect pancreatic cancer could be rolled out to GPs within five years. The “highly-promising” tool ...

A request for an urgent CT scan to be done out of hours to diagnose a York Hospital patient with abdominal pain was rejected, ...

A 90-year-old woman's cancer diagnosis was delayed after hospital staff mistakenly scanned the wrong person due to the patients having the same first name. Pamela Honeybone needed a CT scan at the NHS ...

In February 2025, Meagan visited her primary care physician, who said she also "wasn't concerned" but ordered blood work and ...

This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. Waiting weeks for NHS scan results ...

A major new study, which has recently begun recruiting, is hoped to lead to earlier detection of lung cancers.

After the service, they'll get fast digital results which are easily sharable with GPs and consultants - whether NHS or private - and there's often the option to request copies of their images as ...

A single abdominal CT scan can deliver a blast of radiation equal to 90 chest X-rays. I did not know that when I had one eight years ago, but it’s haunted me ever since. Back then I was feeling ...

Millions of UK residents are currently on waiting lists for NHS services, including those with urgent needs. This can be a distressing and exasperating experience for those worried about their health, ...