NHS diagnostic waits · Camden · colonoscopy (bowel camera test)

How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Chase Farm Hospital?

The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Chase Farm Hospital, and it is the current colonoscopy queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

6weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 6 weeks. 50% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Chase Farm Hospital

A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Chase Farm Hospital.

  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington2w · 7 mi · 4w faster
  • Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney3w · 8 mi · 3w faster
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 10 mi · 4w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 10 mi · 4w faster
  • London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent1w · 11 mi · 5w faster
  • The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow4w · 11 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.

  • St Michael's Hospital1 mi
  • North Middlesex Hospital4 mi
  • Hadley Wood Hospital4 mi
  • Barnet Hospital5 mi
  • Royal Free Hospital8 mi
  • Mount Vernon Hospital15 mi

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