NHS diagnostic waits · Islington · echocardiogram (heart scan)

How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at The Whittington Hospital?

The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Whittington Health NHS Trust, which runs The Whittington 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 Whittington Health NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 19% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of The Whittington Hospital

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

  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 3 mi · 1w faster
  • Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 4 mi · 1w faster
  • Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets2w · 5 mi · 1w faster
  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea2w · 5 mi · 1w faster
  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham2w · 9 mi · 1w faster
  • St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 10 mi · 1w faster

See every hospital ranked by echocardiogram (heart scan) wait →

Browse all NHS waiting times →

Skip the echocardiogram queue

A free plan maps all three routes for your exact hospital and condition — including whether paying for a private echocardiogrambuys back enough time to be worth it, with named providers and honest costs.

Map my options — free →