How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Basildon Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Basildon Hospital, and it is the current colonoscopy 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 a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 11 weeks. 62% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Basildon Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Basildon Hospital.
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering2w · 12 mi · 9w faster
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford2w · 12 mi · 9w faster
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway2w · 13 mi · 9w faster
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone3w · 20 mi · 8w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham3w · 21 mi · 8w faster
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow4w · 21 mi · 7w faster
Other hospitals run by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Orsett Hospital5 mi
- Southend Hospital10 mi
- Mid Essex Hospital15 mi
- St Michael's Hospital23 mi
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