NHS diagnostic waits · Manchester · echocardiogram (heart scan)

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

The NHS does not publish echocardiogram waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Wythenshawe Hospital, and it is the current echocardiogram queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

2weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for an echocardiogram (heart scan) at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 4% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Wythenshawe Hospital

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

  • Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Doncaster1w · 50 mi · 1w faster
  • Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham1w · 65 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry1w · 76 mi · 1w faster
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick1w · 81 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your echocardiogram could be at any of them.

  • Manchester Royal Infirmary6 mi
  • Trafford General Hospital6 mi
  • North Manchester General Hospital9 mi
  • Royal Oldham Hospital13 mi
  • Fairfield General Hospital15 mi
  • Rochdale Infirmary17 mi
  • Birch Hill Hospital19 mi

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