How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Derriford Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, which runs Derriford 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 University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 8% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Derriford Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Derriford Hospital.
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay2w · 25 mi · 1w faster
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset2w · 60 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 98 mi · 1w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 100 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Tavistock Hospital9 mi
- South Hams Hospital17 mi
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