How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Royal United Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal United 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 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 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 United Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal United Hospital.
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 10 mi · 2w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 11 mi · 2w faster
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon2w · 30 mi · 2w faster
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire2w · 35 mi · 2w faster
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset2w · 41 mi · 2w faster
- Wye Valley NHS Trust · Herefordshire, County of3w · 48 mi · 1w faster
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