How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, 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 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 27% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Albert Edward Infirmary.
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton3w · 8 mi · 1w faster
- North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington3w · 11 mi · 1w faster
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust · Salford3w · 13 mi · 1w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen2w · 14 mi · 2w faster
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool3w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston3w · 16 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Wrightington Hospital4 mi
- Leigh Infirmary6 mi
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