How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Royal Derby Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Derby 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 of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 30% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Derby Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Derby Hospital.
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Chesterfield2w · 23 mi · 1w faster
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall2w · 30 mi · 1w faster
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Sheffield2w · 33 mi · 1w faster
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham1w · 33 mi · 2w faster
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry1w · 34 mi · 2w faster
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham2w · 36 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Burton Hospital9 mi
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