How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Royal Bournemouth Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Bournemouth 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 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 42% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Bournemouth Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Bournemouth Hospital.
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · New Forest3w · 18 mi · 2w faster
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · Southampton4w · 21 mi · 1w faster
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire2w · 21 mi · 3w faster
- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · Portsmouth4w · 34 mi · 1w faster
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Basingstoke and Deane3w · 48 mi · 2w faster
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset4w · 51 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Christchurch Hospital1 mi
- St Mary's Hospital7 mi
- Poole Hospital7 mi
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