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Echocardiogram (heart scan) waiting time at Northampton General Hospital

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More than half the people waiting for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust have already passed 13 weeks, so no median can be given.

82% have waited more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

NHS DM01 data, July 2026

Cardiology at Northampton General Hospital

echocardiogram (heart scan) is carried out by the Cardiology department at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.

What an echocardiogram (heart scan) involves, on the NHS website →
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Your options from here

1Free on the NHS
Stay on the NHS for your scan
Wait the NHS scan queue.
2Free on the NHS
Switch to a faster NHS hospital for your scan
When your GP refers you for your echocardiogram, Right to Choose lets you ask to go to a faster NHS hospital.
3Part paid
Private scan, keep your NHS place
Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.
4Self funded or insured
Go fully private
The scan and any follow-up, all private.
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More about Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

NHS hospitals near West Northamptonshire

Northampton General Hospital (current)
0 mi
off scale
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · North Northamptonshire
13 mi
4 wks
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes
16 mi
4 wks
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry
27 mi
1 wks
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Luton
29 mi
5 wks
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester
29 mi
4 wks
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick
30 mi
2 wks
Median echocardiogram wait so far in the current queue, July 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.

How we know this

NHS DM01 diagnostics data, July 2026.
The whole trust (Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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