NHS diagnostic waits · colonoscopy (bowel camera test)
Colonoscopy NHS waiting times, hospital by hospital
Updated August 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. Each figure below is the current colonoscopy queue at the NHS trust that runs that hospital: the list as it stands this month, not a prediction. The headline is the median wait; the % is the share who have already waited more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should. Ranked shortest first.
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- Bradford Royal InfirmaryBradford1 week7% over 6 weeks
- Chelsea & Westminster HospitalKensington and Chelsea1 week6% over 6 weeks
- Chorley & South Ribble HospitalChorley1 week3% over 6 weeks
- Darent Valley HospitalDartford1 week2% over 6 weeks
- Doncaster Royal InfirmaryDoncaster1 week1% over 6 weeks
- Furness General HospitalWestmorland and Furness1 week1% over 6 weeks
- Hexham General HospitalNorthumberland1 week6% over 6 weeks
- Hospital of St CrossRugby1 week2% over 6 weeks
- Lymington HospitalNew Forest1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Montagu HospitalDoncaster1 week1% over 6 weeks
- North Tyneside General HospitalNorth Tyneside1 week6% over 6 weeks
- Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care HospitalNorthumberland1 week6% over 6 weeks
- Princess Alexandra HospitalHarlow1 week5% over 6 weeks
- Royal Lancaster InfirmaryLancaster1 week1% over 6 weeks
- Royal Preston HospitalPreston1 week3% over 6 weeks
- Royal South Hants HospitalSouthampton1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildford1 week0% over 6 weeks
- South Tyneside District HospitalSouth Tyneside1 week2% over 6 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalBradford1 week7% over 6 weeks
- Sunderland Royal HospitalSunderland1 week2% over 6 weeks
- University HospitalCoventry1 week2% over 6 weeks
- Wansbeck General HospitalNorthumberland1 week6% over 6 weeks
- West Middlesex University HospitalHounslow1 week6% over 6 weeks
- Westmorland General HospitalWestmorland and Furness1 week1% over 6 weeks
- Alexandra HospitalRedditch2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Amersham HospitalBuckinghamshire2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Barnsley HospitalBarnsley2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Blackpool Victoria HospitalBlackpool2 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- Bridlington and District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire2 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Bristol Royal InfirmaryBristol, City of2 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- Burnley General HospitalBurnley2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Calderdale Royal HospitalCalderdale2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Central Middlesex HospitalBrent2 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- Chapel Allerton HospitalLeeds2 weeks18% over 6 weeks
- Charing Cross HospitalHammersmith and Fulham2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield2 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Conquest HospitalHastings2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- County Hospital LouthEast Lindsey2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Cumberland InfirmaryCumberland2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Darlington Memorial HospitalDarlington2 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Derriford HospitalPlymouth2 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Dewsbury & District HospitalKirklees2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Eastbourne District General HospitalEastbourne2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Friarage HospitalNorth Yorkshire2 weeks7% over 6 weeks
- Frimley Park HospitalSurrey Heath2 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- Glenfield HospitalLeicester2 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Grantham & District HospitalGrantham2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Guest HospitalDudley2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith and Fulham2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Harrogate District HospitalNorth Yorkshire2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Heatherwood HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead2 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- Hospital for Tropical DiseasesCamden2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryKirklees2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Johnson HospitalSouth Holland2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Kidderminster HospitalWyre Forest2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- King George HospitalRedbridge2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- King's Mill HospitalAshfield2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds2 weeks18% over 6 weeks
- Leicester General HospitalLeicester2 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Leicester Royal InfirmaryLeicester2 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Leigh InfirmaryWigan2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Lincoln County HospitalLincoln2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Milton Keynes HospitalMilton Keynes2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Newark HospitalNewark and Sherwood2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- North Manchester General HospitalManchester2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Northwick Park HospitalBrent2 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- Pilgrim HospitalBoston2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Pinderfields General HospitalWakefield2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Pontefract General InfirmaryWakefield2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal HospitalTelford2 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGateshead2 weeks7% over 6 weeks
- Queen's HospitalHavering2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Rotherham District General HospitalRotherham2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryWigan2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Royal Blackburn HospitalBlackburn with Darwen2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Royal Bolton HospitalBolton2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Royal Shrewsbury HospitalShropshire2 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Russells Hall HospitalDudley2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Scarborough General HospitalNorth Yorkshire2 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Shotley Bridge HospitalCounty Durham2 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- St Albans City HospitalSt Albans2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- St George's HospitalWandsworth2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- St James's University HospitalLeeds2 weeks18% over 6 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalHarborough2 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalWestminster2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- St Michael's HospitalBristol, City of2 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- Stepping Hill HospitalStockport2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Stoke Mandeville HospitalBuckinghamshire2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Stratford HospitalStratford-on-Avon2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Tameside General HospitalTameside2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- The James Cook University HospitalMiddlesbrough2 weeks7% over 6 weeks
- The Maidstone HospitalMaidstone2 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- The Tunbridge Wells HospitalTunbridge Wells2 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- The Whittington HospitalIslington2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Trafford General HospitalTrafford2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- UCLH Outreach: St Pancras HospitalCamden2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- University College HospitalCamden2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland StreetCamden2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of HartlepoolHartlepool2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of North DurhamCounty Durham2 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of North TeesStockton-on-Tees2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Warwick HospitalWarwick2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Watford General HospitalWatford2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- West Cumberland HospitalCumberland2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Weston General HospitalNorth Somerset2 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- Wexham Park HospitalSlough2 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- Wharfedale HospitalLeeds2 weeks18% over 6 weeks
- Worcestershire Royal HospitalWorcester2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Wrightington HospitalWest Lancashire2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Wycombe HospitalBuckinghamshire2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Wythenshawe HospitalManchester2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- York HospitalYork2 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Addenbrooke's HospitalCambridge3 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Airedale General HospitalBradford3 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- Cannock Chase HospitalCannock Chase3 weeks16% over 6 weeks
- Colchester General HospitalColchester3 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- Crawley HospitalCrawley3 weeks21% over 6 weeks
- Cromer HospitalNorth Norfolk3 weeks24% over 6 weeks
- Dorothy Pattison HospitalWalsall3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- East Surrey HospitalReigate and Banstead3 weeks21% over 6 weeks
- Guy's HospitalSouthwark3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Halton HospitalHalton3 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- Hillingdon HospitalHillingdon3 weeks27% over 6 weeks
- Ipswich HospitalIpswich3 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- Kent & Canterbury HospitalCanterbury3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Kettering General HospitalNorth Northamptonshire3 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- Macclesfield District General HospitalCheshire East3 weeks16% over 6 weeks
- Medway Maritime HospitalMedway3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- New Cross HospitalWolverhampton3 weeks16% over 6 weeks
- Norfolk & Norwich University HospitalSouth Norfolk3 weeks24% over 6 weeks
- North Devon District HospitalNorth Devon3 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- Ormskirk and District General HospitalWest Lancashire3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Princess Anne HospitalSouthampton3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGreenwich3 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother HospitalThanet3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Queen Marys HospitalBexley3 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Royal Berkshire HospitalReading3 weeks21% over 6 weeks
- Royal Devon & Exeter HospitalExeter3 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- Royal United HospitalBath and North East Somerset3 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Southampton General HospitalSouthampton3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Southport and Formby District General HospitalSefton3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- St Helens HospitalSt. Helens3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- St Thomas' HospitalLambeth3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- The Great Western HospitalSwindon3 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- The Queen Elizabeth HospitalKing's Lynn and West Norfolk3 weeks21% over 6 weeks
- Torbay HospitalTorbay3 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- Torbay Hospital AnnexeTorbay3 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital LewishamLewisham3 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Walsall Manor HospitalWalsall3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Warrington HospitalWarrington3 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- Whiston HospitalKnowsley3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- William Harvey HospitalAshford3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Arrowe Park HospitalWirral4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- Broadgreen HospitalLiverpool4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- Castle Hill HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire4 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- Cheltenham General HospitalCheltenham4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Christchurch HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4 weeks31% over 6 weeks
- Clatterbridge HospitalWirral4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- Countess of Chester HospitalCheshire West and Chester4 weeks35% over 6 weeks
- Dorset County HospitalDorset4 weeks35% over 6 weeks
- Epsom HospitalEpsom and Ewell4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- Gloucestershire Royal HospitalGloucester4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Homerton University HospitalHackney4 weeks31% over 6 weeks
- Hull Royal InfirmaryKingston upon Hull, City of4 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- James Paget University HospitalGreat Yarmouth4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- King's College HospitalLambeth4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Kingston HospitalKingston upon Thames4 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Leatherhead HospitalMole Valley4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- Lister HospitalStevenage4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Nottingham City HospitalNottingham4 weeks37% over 6 weeks
- Orpington HospitalBromley4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Poole HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4 weeks31% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal University HospitalBromley4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth I I HospitalWelwyn Hatfield4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Queen's Medical CentreNottingham4 weeks37% over 6 weeks
- Royal Bournemouth HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4 weeks31% over 6 weeks
- Royal Cornwall HospitalCornwall4 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- Royal Liverpool University HospitalLiverpool4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- St Austell Surgical HubCornwall4 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- St Helier HospitalSutton4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4 weeks31% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital AintreeLiverpool4 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- West Cornwall HospitalCornwall4 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- Barnet HospitalBarnet5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Bridgwater HospitalSomerset5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Brighton General HospitalBrighton and Hove5 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- Chase Farm HospitalEnfield5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- City HospitalBirmingham5 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Croydon University HospitalCroydon5 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Fairfield General HospitalBury5 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Freeman HospitalNewcastle upon Tyne5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- George Eliot HospitalNuneaton and Bedworth5 weeks44% over 6 weeks
- Hereford County HospitalHerefordshire, County of5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Leighton HospitalCheshire East5 weeks40% over 6 weeks
- Midland Metropolitan University HospitalSandwell5 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Musgrove Park HospitalSomerset5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- North Middlesex HospitalEnfield5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal HospitalMid Sussex5 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- Queen's Hospital BurtonBurton upon Trent5 weeks44% over 6 weeks
- Rochdale InfirmaryRochdale5 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Rowley Regis HospitalSandwell5 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Royal Derby HospitalDerby5 weeks44% over 6 weeks
- Royal Free HospitalCamden5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Royal Sussex County HospitalBrighton and Hove5 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- Salisbury District HospitalWiltshire5 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Sandwell General HospitalSandwell5 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Southlands HospitalAdur5 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- St Richards HospitalChichester5 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- The Royal Oldham HospitalOldham5 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- The Royal Victoria InfirmaryNewcastle upon Tyne5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Victoria InfirmaryCheshire West and Chester5 weeks40% over 6 weeks
- Worthing HospitalWorthing5 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- Yeovil District HospitalSomerset5 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Bedford HospitalBedford6 weeks48% over 6 weeks
- County HospitalStafford6 weeks49% over 6 weeks
- Luton & Dunstable HospitalLuton6 weeks48% over 6 weeks
- Royal Stoke University HospitalStoke-on-Trent6 weeks49% over 6 weeks
- Ashford HospitalSpelthorne7 weeks55% over 6 weeks
- Hinchingbrooke HospitalHuntingdonshire7 weeks52% over 6 weeks
- Mile End HospitalTower Hamlets7 weeks54% over 6 weeks
- Newham General HospitalNewham7 weeks54% over 6 weeks
- Peterborough City HospitalPeterborough7 weeks52% over 6 weeks
- St Bartholomew's HospitalCity of London7 weeks54% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalIsle of Wight7 weeks52% over 6 weeks
- St Peter's HospitalRunnymede7 weeks55% over 6 weeks
- The Royal London HospitalTower Hamlets7 weeks54% over 6 weeks
- Whipps Cross University HospitalWaltham Forest7 weeks54% over 6 weeks
- Churchill HospitalOxford8 weeks59% over 6 weeks
- Good Hope HospitalSutton Coldfield8 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- Heartlands HospitalBirmingham8 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- Horton General HospitalCherwell8 weeks59% over 6 weeks
- John Radcliffe HospitalOxford8 weeks59% over 6 weeks
- Nuffield Orthopaedic CentreOxford8 weeks59% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalBirmingham8 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- Solihull HospitalSolihull8 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- Northern General HospitalSheffield9 weeks60% over 6 weeks
- Royal Hallamshire HospitalSheffield9 weeks60% over 6 weeks
- West Suffolk HospitalWest Suffolk9 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- Weston Park HospitalSheffield9 weeks60% over 6 weeks
- Basingstoke and North Hampshire HospitalBasingstoke and Deane10 weeks60% over 6 weeks
- Basingstoke General HospitalTest Valley10 weeks60% over 6 weeks
- Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalNorth East Lincolnshire10 weeks69% over 6 weeks
- Goole & District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire10 weeks69% over 6 weeks
- Royal Hampshire County HospitalWinchester10 weeks60% over 6 weeks
- Scunthorpe General HospitalNorth Lincolnshire10 weeks69% over 6 weeks
- Winchester County HospitalTest Valley10 weeks60% over 6 weeks
- Northampton General HospitalWest Northamptonshire12 weeks60% over 6 weeks
- Basildon HospitalBasildon13 weeks66% over 6 weeks
- Broomfield HospitalChelmsford13 weeks66% over 6 weeks
- Southend HospitalSouthend-on-Sea13 weeks66% over 6 weeks
- Queen Alexandra HospitalPortsmouth13+ weeks78% over 6 weeks
253 hospitals with a reported colonoscopy queue. Each figure is the trust's current DM01 waiting list: a snapshot this month, not a prediction, and the NHS publishes one figure per trust, not per hospital.
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