Home Scans and tests Echocardiogram Echocardiogram waiting times in England Echocardiogram waiting times at every NHS and independent provider in England. An echocardiogram is an ultrasound of the heart, used for murmurs, breathlessness and after a heart attack. Waits grew sharply after 2020 and are still long at many hospitals.
30% of the 155,485 people waiting in England in August 2026 had waited over six weeks. 165,460 tests were done in the month. 144 providers with figures, smallest share over six weeks first.
Provider Over six weeks Waiting Done in month The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton, West Midlands 0% 1,153 1,417 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 1,003 1,191 Inhealth Limited Free on the NHS Buckinghamshire, South East 0% 763 429 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 437 837 Wirral Community Health And Care NHS Foundation Trust 0% 347 265 Whittington Health NHS Trust Islington, London 0% 254 424 Westcliffe Health Innovations Ltd 0% 102 159 Fcms (Nw) Ltd 0% 96 886 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust New Forest, South East 0% 42 108 Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 39 184 Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue) Free on the NHS Bath and North East Somerset, South West 0% 24 46 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 1,039 2,876 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Havering, London 0% 531 1,487 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Hackney, London 0% 530 719 Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, North West 0% 912 945 Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Tameside, North West 0% 599 560 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall, West Midlands 0% 584 545 Echogenicity Limited 0% 1,141 477 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Bristol, City of, South West 0% 1,949 3,646 Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Runnymede, South East 1% 809 1,018 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber 1% 252 918 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Surrey Heath, South East 1% 710 1,835 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber 1% 332 535 The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Manchester, North West 1% 101 249 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage, East of England 1% 952 1,476 Ultracardiac Ltd 1% 376 612 Patient Care Locally Cic 1% 355 818 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham, West Midlands 1% 1,713 4,071 Barts Health NHS Trust Tower Hamlets, London 1% 2,523 4,678 Mid & South Buckinghamshire Diagnostic NHS Centre 1% 208 185 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn with Darwen, North West 2% 928 1,123 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Camden, London 2% 600 1,390 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford, South East 2% 326 2,328 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke and Deane, South East 2% 628 734 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry, West Midlands 2% 126 179 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Hillingdon, London 2% 620 694 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North Tyneside, North East 2% 1,046 1,187 Physiological Measurements Ltd 3% 500 537 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow, East of England 3% 264 812 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames, London 3% 260 825 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust West Suffolk, East of England 3% 612 713 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Cumberland, North West 3% 536 926 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Dartford, South East 3% 761 542 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston, North West 3% 638 1,644 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral, North West 4% 794 1,255 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Ashfield, East Midlands 4% 1,018 1,122 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Somerset, South West 4% 486 1,103 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough, North East 4% 678 1,044 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton, North West 4% 767 853 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland, North East 5% 1,014 1,261 The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Kensington and Chelsea, London 5% 83 322 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Westminster, London 5% 967 2,095 Cora Health Diagnostics (Formerly Healthshare Diagnostics) Free on the NHS Tonbridge and Malling, South East 5% 296 237 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick, West Midlands 5% 347 418 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheshire East, North West 5% 815 863 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Buckinghamshire, South East 6% 561 354 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester, North West 6% 3,009 4,257 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Croydon, London 6% 494 1,047 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, North West 6% 2,399 2,377 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber 7% 368 520 Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford, South East 7% 382 759 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust North East Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber 8% 825 1,131 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford, East of England 8% 1,182 1,199 Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield, East Midlands 9% 636 667 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone, South East 9% 644 896 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing, South East 9% 2,426 2,567 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, South West 9% 653 1,076 St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wandsworth, London 9% 1,167 2,577 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber 10% 270 980 University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust 10% 581 1,409 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Westmorland and Furness, North West 10% 1,056 866 Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation Trust 11% 518 837 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester, East of England 11% 1,798 2,132 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool, North West 11% 536 840 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath and North East Somerset, South West 13% 697 1,748 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool, North East 14% 657 647 King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth, London 14% 2,459 2,638 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton, South East 15% 521 1,621 Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Mid Sussex, South East 15% 26 73 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Sutton, London 17% 385 1,488 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester, West Midlands 17% 1,114 1,223 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Lewisham, London 17% 1,009 1,121 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Sandwell, West Midlands 18% 1,549 792 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 19% 1,402 1,662 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kensington and Chelsea, London 19% 1,017 865 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Wiltshire, South West 19% 597 971 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth, East of England 20% 612 629 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Hastings, South East 21% 1,105 1,254 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport, North West 22% 1,593 891 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury, South East 22% 658 403 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North Northamptonshire, East Midlands 22% 816 928 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth, London 23% 2,877 7,247 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley, West Midlands 23% 1,265 1,074 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Camden, London 24% 229 1,280 Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham, West Midlands 24% 123 881 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge, East of England 24% 1,352 2,113 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cheshire West and Chester, North West 25% 676 821 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Camden, London 26% 3,432 2,482 Wye Valley NHS Trust Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands 26% 681 1,026 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shropshire, West Midlands 28% 1,602 1,383 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington, North East 29% 1,716 1,107 East Cheshire NHS Trust Cheshire East, North West 29% 646 424 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan, North West 30% 1,216 1,044 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington, North West 30% 586 662 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Reigate and Banstead, South East 30% 1,021 1,226 Isle of Wight NHS Trust Isle of Wight, South East 31% 822 478 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford, North West 33% 1,666 1,298 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead, North East 34% 981 403 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Knowsley, North West 34% 2,191 2,087 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter, South West 36% 1,713 2,237 Gp Health Partners Ltd 37% 351 153 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands 38% 1,581 1,661 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth, South East 39% 1,792 1,110 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West 41% 2,185 1,933 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester, East Midlands 43% 2,271 2,061 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes, South East 43% 745 499 Chippenham Community Hospital 46% 378 115 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton, East of England 46% 725 1,231 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham, East Midlands 46% 3,331 1,695 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby, East Midlands 47% 3,787 2,377 Southport And Formby Health Limited 47% 165 144 Care Plus Group Free on the NHS North East Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber 48% 269 95 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough, East of England 49% 1,718 1,367 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Brent, London 49% 3,185 1,506 Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) Free on the NHS Reigate and Banstead, South East 49% 508 217 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber 50% 2,025 1,079 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorset, South West 50% 1,149 729 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading, South East 53% 415 292 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham, South West 55% 1,555 1,276 The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne, North East 56% 3,499 1,223 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber 58% 594 217 Medway NHS Foundation Trust Medway, South East 63% 1,313 432 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Southend-on-Sea, East of England 63% 6,643 3,223 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Cornwall, South West 64% 1,495 664 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn and West Norfolk, East of England 65% 1,061 711 The Hamptons Hospital Ltd Free on the NHS Peterborough, East of England 65% 40 20 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South Norfolk, East of England 65% 3,216 1,040 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber 67% 2,745 1,026 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York, Yorkshire and The Humber 70% 236 1,178 Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge, East of England 70% 1,244 311 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln, East Midlands 73% 4,046 1,271 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton and Bedworth, West Midlands 77% 1,335 283 Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth Free on the NHS Portsmouth, South East 80% 248 387 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 87% 4,067 423
Providers with fewer than 20 people waiting are not listed.
NHS England figures, August 2026 . Checked for new figures 14 October 2026 . About the data .
Questions people ask How long is the wait for an NHS echocardiogram? It depends where you are referred. In August 2026, 30% of the 155,485 people waiting for a echocardiogram in England had waited over six weeks. THE ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON NHS TRUST had the smallest share over six weeks among providers with 20 or more people waiting. The six-week figure is what NHS England publishes; it does not publish an average wait for tests.
Can I have my echocardiogram somewhere quicker? Often, yes. You can ask the person referring you to send the request to a different hospital, or to an independent provider that does the test for the NHS. The table above shows who has the shortest waits. For urgent cases, including suspected cancer, the test is prioritised and these routine figures do not apply.
What does "over six weeks" mean? NHS England's standard is that fewer than 1 in 100 people should wait more than six weeks from the request to the test. The share over six weeks is the simplest measure of how far a hospital is from that standard. 24 of the 144 providers listed meet it this month.
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