How long is the wait for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Watford General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Watford General 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 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 5% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Watford General Hospital
A shorter echocardiogram queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Watford General Hospital.
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon2w · 9 mi · 1w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 14 mi · 1w faster
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea2w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames2w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets2w · 18 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.
- St Albans City Hospital8 mi
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