NHS diagnostic waits · North Tyneside · echocardiogram (heart scan)

How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Ashington Hospital?

The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Ashington Hospital, and it is the current echocardiogram queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

2weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 2% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Other hospitals run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.

  • Wansbeck General Hospital1 mi
  • Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital7 mi
  • Cobalt Hospital11 mi
  • North Tyneside General Hospital12 mi
  • Alnwick Infirmary17 mi
  • Hexham General Hospital25 mi

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