How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at The Princess Margaret Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, which runs The Princess Margaret 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 Berkshire 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 The Princess Margaret Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to The Princess Margaret Hospital.
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon2w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Runnymede2w · 8 mi · 1w faster
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust · Surrey Heath2w · 12 mi · 1w faster
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames2w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford2w · 16 mi · 1w faster
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 19 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- King Edward Vii Hospital0 mi
- Royal Berkshire Hospital15 mi
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