How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Southlands Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Southlands 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 Sussex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 1% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Southlands Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Southlands Hospital.
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton1w · 37 mi · 1w faster
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon1w · 38 mi · 1w faster
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow1w · 66 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Worthing Hospital5 mi
- Royal Sussex County Hospital6 mi
- Brighton General Hospital6 mi
- Lewes Victoria Hospital11 mi
- Princess Royal Hospital13 mi
- St Richards Hospital22 mi
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