How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Heartlands Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Heartlands 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 Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 1% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Heartlands Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Heartlands Hospital.
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham1w · 3 mi · 1w faster
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick1w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry1w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Doncaster1w · 79 mi · 1w faster
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow1w · 95 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- The Harborne Hospital4 mi
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital5 mi
- Solihull Hospital5 mi
- Good Hope Hospital6 mi
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