How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at John Coupland Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs John Coupland 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 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 7 weeks. 54% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of John Coupland Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to John Coupland Hospital.
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Doncaster1w · 16 mi · 6w faster
- The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust · Rotherham3w · 23 mi · 4w faster
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Chesterfield2w · 28 mi · 5w faster
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Sheffield3w · 28 mi · 4w faster
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Sheffield2w · 29 mi · 5w faster
- Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust · North East Lincolnshire3w · 30 mi · 4w faster
Other hospitals run by United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Lincoln County Hospital16 mi
- County Hospital Louth32 mi
- Grantham & District Hospital34 mi
- Pilgrim Hospital43 mi
- Welland Hospital50 mi
- Johnson Hospital50 mi
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