How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Cheltenham General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Cheltenham General 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 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 6 weeks. 49% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Cheltenham General Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Cheltenham General Hospital.
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Worcester2w · 21 mi · 4w faster
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon3w · 29 mi · 3w faster
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick2w · 34 mi · 4w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 35 mi · 4w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 37 mi · 3w faster
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset3w · 37 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Delancey Hospital1 mi
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital7 mi
- Stroud General Hospital12 mi
- Cirencester Hospital13 mi
- Fairford Hospital18 mi
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