How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Heartlands Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Heartlands 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 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 10 weeks. 60% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Heartlands Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Heartlands Hospital.
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham5w · 3 mi · 5w faster
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Sandwell8w · 5 mi · 2w faster
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall2w · 10 mi · 8w faster
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley2w · 12 mi · 8w faster
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton3w · 14 mi · 7w faster
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth3w · 15 mi · 7w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- The Harborne Hospital4 mi
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital5 mi
- Solihull Hospital5 mi
- Good Hope Hospital6 mi
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