How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Countess of Chester Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Countess of Chester 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 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 27% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Countess of Chester Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Countess of Chester Hospital.
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral2w · 13 mi · 2w faster
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral2w · 14 mi · 2w faster
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool3w · 14 mi · 1w faster
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool3w · 14 mi · 1w faster
- North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington3w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire East2w · 19 mi · 2w faster
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