Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are on the waiting list for an echocardiogram.

Data on patients waiting for the test “Cardiology – Echocardiography” is publicly available in the DM01 Data set, which can be found in at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/monthly-diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/