How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at St Lukes Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, which runs St Lukes 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 Leicester NHS Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 33% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Lukes Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Lukes Hospital.
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry1w · 22 mi · 3w faster
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick1w · 31 mi · 3w faster
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust · Derby3w · 38 mi · 1w faster
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham1w · 41 mi · 3w faster
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham2w · 43 mi · 2w faster
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall2w · 45 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Leicester General Hospital12 mi
- Leicester Royal Infirmary13 mi
- Glenfield Hospital16 mi
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