How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Altrincham General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Altrincham General Hospital, and it is the current echocardiogram queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.
Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
Half of the people waiting for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 26% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Altrincham General Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Altrincham General Hospital.
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 6 mi · 1w faster
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 14 mi · 1w faster
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire East2w · 19 mi · 1w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen2w · 25 mi · 1w faster
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral2w · 28 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Leigh Infirmary11 mi
- Warrington Hospital11 mi
- Halton Hospital15 mi
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