How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Bridgwater Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Bridgwater 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 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 34% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Bridgwater Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Bridgwater Hospital.
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 28 mi · 1w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 30 mi · 2w faster
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset3w · 31 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole3w · 52 mi · 1w faster
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay3w · 52 mi · 1w faster
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon3w · 60 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Burnham on Sea Hospital7 mi
- Trinity Hospital10 mi
- Musgrove Park Hospital11 mi
- Yeovil District Hospital20 mi
- Yeatman Hospital24 mi
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