How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Warrington Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Warrington 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 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 26% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Warrington Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Warrington Hospital.
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 16 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 16 mi · 1w faster
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral2w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral2w · 20 mi · 1w faster
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire East2w · 20 mi · 1w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 23 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- Halton Hospital6 mi
- Leigh Infirmary9 mi
- Altrincham General Hospital11 mi
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