How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Oaklands Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Oaklands 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 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 35% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Oaklands Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Oaklands Hospital.
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 4 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 6 mi · 1w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 10 mi · 1w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen2w · 18 mi · 1w faster
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire East2w · 27 mi · 1w faster
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral2w · 30 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Fairfield General Hospital8 mi
- The Royal Oldham Hospital9 mi
- Rochdale Infirmary11 mi
- Birch Hill Hospital13 mi
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