NHS diagnostic waits · Leicester · echocardiogram (heart scan)

How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Leicester Royal Infirmary?

The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, which runs Leicester Royal Infirmary, and it is the current echocardiogram queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

4weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 33% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Leicester Royal Infirmary

A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Leicester Royal Infirmary.

  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry1w · 19 mi · 3w faster
  • University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust · Derby3w · 25 mi · 1w faster
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick1w · 30 mi · 3w faster
  • Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham1w · 33 mi · 3w faster
  • Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall2w · 36 mi · 2w faster
  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham2w · 36 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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

  • Leicester General Hospital2 mi
  • Glenfield Hospital3 mi
  • St Lukes Hospital13 mi

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