How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Darlington Memorial Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Darlington Memorial 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 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 14% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Darlington Memorial Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Darlington Memorial Hospital.
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough2w · 14 mi · 1w faster
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside2w · 34 mi · 1w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 47 mi · 1w faster
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Leeds2w · 50 mi · 1w faster
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 51 mi · 1w faster
- Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust · Wakefield2w · 58 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- University Hospital of North Durham18 mi
- Shotley Bridge Hospital26 mi
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