How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at University Hospital of North Durham?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, which runs University Hospital of North Durham, 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 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 2% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of University Hospital of North Durham
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to University Hospital of North Durham.
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside2w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough2w · 22 mi · 1w faster
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Cumberland2w · 55 mi · 1w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 63 mi · 1w faster
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 68 mi · 1w faster
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Leeds2w · 68 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Sunderland Royal Hospital11 mi
- South Tyneside District Hospital14 mi
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