NHS diagnostic waits · echocardiogram (heart scan)
Echocardiogram NHS waiting times, hospital by hospital
Updated August 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. Each figure below is the current echocardiogram queue at the NHS trust that runs that hospital: the list as it stands this month, not a prediction. The headline is the median wait; the % is the share who have already waited more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should. Ranked shortest first.
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- Frimley Park HospitalSurrey Heath1 week1% over 6 weeks
- Heatherwood HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead1 week1% over 6 weeks
- Musgrove Park HospitalSomerset1 week4% over 6 weeks
- Princess Alexandra HospitalHarlow1 week3% over 6 weeks
- Wexham Park HospitalSlough1 week1% over 6 weeks
- Yeovil District HospitalSomerset1 week4% over 6 weeks
- Arrowe Park HospitalWirral2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Barnsley HospitalBarnsley2 weeks7% over 6 weeks
- Bassetlaw HospitalBassetlaw2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Bradford Royal InfirmaryBradford2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Bristol Royal InfirmaryBristol, City of2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Broadgreen HospitalLiverpool2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Burnley General HospitalBurnley2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Cannock Chase HospitalCannock Chase2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Chapel Allerton HospitalLeeds2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Chorley & South Ribble HospitalChorley2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Churchill HospitalOxford2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- City HospitalBirmingham2 weeks18% over 6 weeks
- Clatterbridge HospitalWirral2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Croydon University HospitalCroydon2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Cumberland InfirmaryCumberland2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Derriford HospitalPlymouth2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Doncaster Royal InfirmaryDoncaster2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Epsom HospitalEpsom and Ewell2 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Friarage HospitalNorth Yorkshire2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Good Hope HospitalSutton Coldfield2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Halton HospitalHalton2 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Heartlands HospitalBirmingham2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Hexham General HospitalNorthumberland2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Homerton University HospitalHackney2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Horton General HospitalCherwell2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Hospital for Tropical DiseasesCamden2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Hospital of St CrossRugby2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- John Radcliffe HospitalOxford2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- King's College HospitalLambeth2 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- King's Mill HospitalAshfield2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Kingston HospitalKingston upon Thames2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Leatherhead HospitalMole Valley2 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Leighton HospitalCheshire East2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Midland Metropolitan University HospitalSandwell2 weeks18% over 6 weeks
- Montagu HospitalDoncaster2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- New Cross HospitalWolverhampton2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Newark HospitalNewark and Sherwood2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- North Tyneside General HospitalNorth Tyneside2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care HospitalNorthumberland2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Nuffield Orthopaedic CentreOxford2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Orpington HospitalBromley2 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal University HospitalBromley2 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalBirmingham2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Rowley Regis HospitalSandwell2 weeks18% over 6 weeks
- Royal Blackburn HospitalBlackburn with Darwen2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Royal Liverpool University HospitalLiverpool2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Royal Preston HospitalPreston2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildford2 weeks7% over 6 weeks
- Royal United HospitalBath and North East Somerset2 weeks13% over 6 weeks
- Sandwell General HospitalSandwell2 weeks18% over 6 weeks
- Solihull HospitalSolihull2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- St George's HospitalWandsworth2 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- St Helier HospitalSutton2 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- St James's University HospitalLeeds2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalBradford2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- St Michael's HospitalBristol, City of2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Stratford HospitalStratford-on-Avon2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- The Great Western HospitalSwindon2 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- The James Cook University HospitalMiddlesbrough2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Torbay HospitalTorbay2 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- Torbay Hospital AnnexeTorbay2 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- UCLH Outreach: St Pancras HospitalCamden2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- University College HospitalCamden2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland StreetCamden2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- University HospitalCoventry2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital AintreeLiverpool2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Victoria InfirmaryCheshire West and Chester2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Wansbeck General HospitalNorthumberland2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Warrington HospitalWarrington2 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Warwick HospitalWarwick2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- West Cumberland HospitalCumberland2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Weston General HospitalNorth Somerset2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Wharfedale HospitalLeeds2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Addenbrooke's HospitalCambridge3 weeks24% over 6 weeks
- Airedale General HospitalBradford3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Alexandra HospitalRedditch3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Ashford HospitalSpelthorne3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Basingstoke and North Hampshire HospitalBasingstoke and Deane3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Basingstoke General HospitalTest Valley3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Blackpool Victoria HospitalBlackpool3 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- Brighton General HospitalBrighton and Hove3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Charing Cross HospitalHammersmith and Fulham3 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Chelsea & Westminster HospitalKensington and Chelsea3 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Colchester General HospitalColchester3 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- Countess of Chester HospitalCheshire West and Chester3 weeks24% over 6 weeks
- Darent Valley HospitalDartford3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Dewsbury & District HospitalKirklees3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalNorth East Lincolnshire3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- Dorothy Pattison HospitalWalsall3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Furness General HospitalWestmorland and Furness3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Goole & District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- Guest HospitalDudley3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- Guy's HospitalSouthwark3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith and Fulham3 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Hereford County HospitalHerefordshire, County of3 weeks26% over 6 weeks
- Hillingdon HospitalHillingdon3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Ipswich HospitalIpswich3 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- James Paget University HospitalGreat Yarmouth3 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- Kidderminster HospitalWyre Forest3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- King George HospitalRedbridge3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Lister HospitalStevenage3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Macclesfield District General HospitalCheshire East3 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester3 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Mile End HospitalTower Hamlets3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Newham General HospitalNewham3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- North Manchester General HospitalManchester3 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Pinderfields General HospitalWakefield3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Pontefract General InfirmaryWakefield3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal HospitalMid Sussex3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGreenwich3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth I I HospitalWelwyn Hatfield3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Queen Marys HospitalBexley3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Queen's HospitalHavering3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Rotherham District General HospitalRotherham3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Royal Bolton HospitalBolton3 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Royal Hampshire County HospitalWinchester3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Royal Lancaster InfirmaryLancaster3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Royal Sussex County HospitalBrighton and Hove3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Russells Hall HospitalDudley3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- Salisbury District HospitalWiltshire3 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- Scunthorpe General HospitalNorth Lincolnshire3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- South Tyneside District HospitalSouth Tyneside3 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Southlands HospitalAdur3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- St Albans City HospitalSt Albans3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- St Bartholomew's HospitalCity of London3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalWestminster3 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- St Peter's HospitalRunnymede3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- St Richards HospitalChichester3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- St Thomas' HospitalLambeth3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- Sunderland Royal HospitalSunderland3 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Tameside General HospitalTameside3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- The Maidstone HospitalMaidstone3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- The Royal London HospitalTower Hamlets3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- The Tunbridge Wells HospitalTunbridge Wells3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- The Whittington HospitalIslington3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Trafford General HospitalTrafford3 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital LewishamLewisham3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Walsall Manor HospitalWalsall3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Watford General HospitalWatford3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- West Middlesex University HospitalHounslow3 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- West Suffolk HospitalWest Suffolk3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Westmorland General HospitalWestmorland and Furness3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Whipps Cross University HospitalWaltham Forest3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Winchester County HospitalTest Valley3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Worcestershire Royal HospitalWorcester3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Worthing HospitalWorthing3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Wythenshawe HospitalManchester3 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Amersham HospitalBuckinghamshire4 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Barnet HospitalBarnet4 weeks26% over 6 weeks
- Chase Farm HospitalEnfield4 weeks26% over 6 weeks
- Conquest HospitalHastings4 weeks21% over 6 weeks
- Crawley HospitalCrawley4 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Darlington Memorial HospitalDarlington4 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- East Surrey HospitalReigate and Banstead4 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Eastbourne District General HospitalEastbourne4 weeks21% over 6 weeks
- Fairfield General HospitalBury4 weeks33% over 6 weeks
- Kent & Canterbury HospitalCanterbury4 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Kettering General HospitalNorth Northamptonshire4 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Leigh InfirmaryWigan4 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Lymington HospitalNew Forest4 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- North Devon District HospitalNorth Devon4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- North Middlesex HospitalEnfield4 weeks26% over 6 weeks
- Northern General HospitalSheffield4 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- Ormskirk and District General HospitalWest Lancashire4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Princess Anne HospitalSouthampton4 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal HospitalTelford4 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGateshead4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother HospitalThanet4 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Rochdale InfirmaryRochdale4 weeks33% over 6 weeks
- Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryWigan4 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Royal Devon & Exeter HospitalExeter4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- Royal Free HospitalCamden4 weeks26% over 6 weeks
- Royal Hallamshire HospitalSheffield4 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- Royal Shrewsbury HospitalShropshire4 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- Royal South Hants HospitalSouthampton4 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Shotley Bridge HospitalCounty Durham4 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- Southampton General HospitalSouthampton4 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- Southport and Formby District General HospitalSefton4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- St Helens HospitalSt. Helens4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalIsle of Wight4 weeks31% over 6 weeks
- Stepping Hill HospitalStockport4 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Stoke Mandeville HospitalBuckinghamshire4 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- The Royal Oldham HospitalOldham4 weeks33% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of HartlepoolHartlepool4 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of North DurhamCounty Durham4 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of North TeesStockton-on-Tees4 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Weston Park HospitalSheffield4 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- Whiston HospitalKnowsley4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- William Harvey HospitalAshford4 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Wrightington HospitalWest Lancashire4 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Wycombe HospitalBuckinghamshire4 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Christchurch HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole5 weeks41% over 6 weeks
- County HospitalStafford5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Glenfield HospitalLeicester5 weeks43% over 6 weeks
- Leicester General HospitalLeicester5 weeks43% over 6 weeks
- Leicester Royal InfirmaryLeicester5 weeks43% over 6 weeks
- Milton Keynes HospitalMilton Keynes5 weeks43% over 6 weeks
- Nottingham City HospitalNottingham5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Poole HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole5 weeks41% over 6 weeks
- Queen Alexandra HospitalPortsmouth5 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Queen's Medical CentreNottingham5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Royal Bournemouth HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole5 weeks41% over 6 weeks
- Royal Stoke University HospitalStoke-on-Trent5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalHarborough5 weeks43% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole5 weeks41% over 6 weeks
- Bedford HospitalBedford6 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Calderdale Royal HospitalCalderdale6 weeks50% over 6 weeks
- Central Middlesex HospitalBrent6 weeks49% over 6 weeks
- Dorset County HospitalDorset6 weeks50% over 6 weeks
- Hinchingbrooke HospitalHuntingdonshire6 weeks49% over 6 weeks
- Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryKirklees6 weeks50% over 6 weeks
- Luton & Dunstable HospitalLuton6 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Northwick Park HospitalBrent6 weeks49% over 6 weeks
- Peterborough City HospitalPeterborough6 weeks49% over 6 weeks
- Queen's Hospital BurtonBurton upon Trent6 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Royal Derby HospitalDerby6 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Cheltenham General HospitalCheltenham7 weeks55% over 6 weeks
- Freeman HospitalNewcastle upon Tyne7 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- Gloucestershire Royal HospitalGloucester7 weeks55% over 6 weeks
- Harrogate District HospitalNorth Yorkshire7 weeks58% over 6 weeks
- Royal Berkshire HospitalReading7 weeks53% over 6 weeks
- The Royal Victoria InfirmaryNewcastle upon Tyne7 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- Medway Maritime HospitalMedway8 weeks63% over 6 weeks
- Royal Cornwall HospitalCornwall8 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- St Austell Surgical HubCornwall8 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- West Cornwall HospitalCornwall8 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- Basildon HospitalBasildon9 weeks63% over 6 weeks
- Broomfield HospitalChelmsford9 weeks63% over 6 weeks
- Cromer HospitalNorth Norfolk9 weeks65% over 6 weeks
- Norfolk & Norwich University HospitalSouth Norfolk9 weeks65% over 6 weeks
- Southend HospitalSouthend-on-Sea9 weeks63% over 6 weeks
- The Queen Elizabeth HospitalKing's Lynn and West Norfolk9 weeks65% over 6 weeks
- Bridlington and District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire10 weeks70% over 6 weeks
- Scarborough General HospitalNorth Yorkshire10 weeks70% over 6 weeks
- York HospitalYork10 weeks70% over 6 weeks
- Castle Hill HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire11 weeks67% over 6 weeks
- Hull Royal InfirmaryKingston upon Hull, City of11 weeks67% over 6 weeks
- County Hospital LouthEast Lindsey12 weeks73% over 6 weeks
- Grantham & District HospitalGrantham12 weeks73% over 6 weeks
- Johnson HospitalSouth Holland12 weeks73% over 6 weeks
- Lincoln County HospitalLincoln12 weeks73% over 6 weeks
- Pilgrim HospitalBoston12 weeks73% over 6 weeks
- George Eliot HospitalNuneaton and Bedworth13 weeks77% over 6 weeks
- Northampton General HospitalWest Northamptonshire13+ weeks87% over 6 weeks
253 hospitals with a reported echocardiogram queue. Each figure is the trust's current DM01 waiting list: a snapshot this month, not a prediction, and the NHS publishes one figure per trust, not per hospital.
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