How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Cobalt Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Cobalt 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 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.
- North Tyneside General Hospital2 mi
- Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital4 mi
- Wansbeck General Hospital11 mi
- Ashington Hospital11 mi
- Hexham General Hospital23 mi
- Alnwick Infirmary28 mi
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