NHS diagnostic waits · Dartford · echocardiogram (heart scan)

How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Erith & District Hospital?

The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, which runs Erith & District 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 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 2% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Erith & District Hospital

A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Erith & District Hospital.

  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon1w · 13 mi · 1w faster
  • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton1w · 17 mi · 1w faster
  • The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow1w · 21 mi · 1w faster
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick1w · 93 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry1w · 94 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

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

  • Darent Valley Hospital5 mi

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