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

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

The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, which runs Darent Valley Hospital, and it is the current colonoscopy queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

2weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 1% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Darent Valley Hospital

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

  • London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent1w · 27 mi · 1w faster
  • Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford1w · 40 mi · 1w faster
  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings1w · 40 mi · 1w faster
  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 59 mi · 1w faster
  • Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · New Forest1w · 85 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry1w · 99 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

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

  • Erith & District Hospital5 mi

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