How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Fairfield General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Fairfield General 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 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 4% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Fairfield General Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Fairfield General Hospital.
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Doncaster1w · 47 mi · 1w faster
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham1w · 79 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry1w · 88 mi · 1w faster
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick1w · 95 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Rochdale Infirmary4 mi
- Birch Hill Hospital6 mi
- Royal Oldham Hospital6 mi
- North Manchester General Hospital6 mi
- Manchester Royal Infirmary10 mi
- Trafford General Hospital11 mi
- Wythenshawe Hospital15 mi
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