How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Kent & Canterbury Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Kent & Canterbury 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 Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 9% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Kent & Canterbury Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Kent & Canterbury Hospital.
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings1w · 35 mi · 1w faster
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent1w · 64 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford1w · 73 mi · 1w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 94 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- William Harvey Hospital11 mi
- One Ashford Hospital11 mi
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital15 mi
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