How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Ipswich Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Ipswich 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 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 19% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Ipswich Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Ipswich Hospital.
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge2w · 46 mi · 1w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering2w · 55 mi · 1w faster
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway2w · 55 mi · 1w faster
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust · Canterbury2w · 55 mi · 1w faster
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust · King's Lynn and West Norfolk2w · 58 mi · 1w faster
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford2w · 59 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Colchester General Hospital16 mi
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