How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Hereford County Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Wye Valley NHS Trust, which runs Hereford County 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 Wye Valley NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 34% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Hereford County Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Hereford County Hospital.
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Worcester2w · 24 mi · 1w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 39 mi · 1w faster
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley2w · 40 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 42 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham2w · 42 mi · 1w faster
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham1w · 45 mi · 2w faster
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