How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Royal Liverpool University Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Liverpool University 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 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 18% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Liverpool University Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral2w · 3 mi · 1w faster
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral2w · 6 mi · 1w faster
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire East2w · 29 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 30 mi · 1w faster
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 31 mi · 1w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen2w · 31 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Broadgreen Hospital3 mi
- Walton Hospital3 mi
- University Hospital Aintree4 mi
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