NHS diagnostic waits · Lambeth · echocardiogram (heart scan)

How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at St Thomas' Hospital?

The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Thomas' Hospital, and it is the current echocardiogram queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

3weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 27% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Thomas' Hospital

A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Thomas' Hospital.

  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea2w · 2 mi · 1w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 2 mi · 1w faster
  • Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets2w · 3 mi · 1w faster
  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham2w · 5 mi · 1w faster
  • St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 5 mi · 1w faster
  • Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 5 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.

  • Guy's Hospital1 mi
  • Royal Brompton Hospital2 mi
  • Gstt @ London Bridge Hospital2 mi
  • Harefield Hospital17 mi

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