How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Bishops Wood Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, which runs Bishops Wood 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 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 38% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Bishops Wood Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Bishops Wood Hospital.
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford2w · 3 mi · 2w faster
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent1w · 6 mi · 3w faster
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire3w · 8 mi · 1w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington2w · 14 mi · 2w faster
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster2w · 14 mi · 2w faster
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 15 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital16 mi
- Lister Hospital24 mi
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