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Colonoscopy (bowel camera test) waiting time at Lymington Hospital

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Median wait so far in the current NHS colonoscopy queue.

NHS DM01 data, July 2026

Endoscopy at Lymington Hospital

colonoscopy (bowel camera test) is carried out by the Endoscopy department at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.

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Your options from here

1Free on the NHS

Stay on the NHS for your scan

Wait the NHS scan queue. 1 wks typical wait here.

2Free on the NHS

Switch to a faster NHS hospital for your scan

When your GP refers you for your colonoscopy, Right to Choose lets you ask to go to a faster NHS hospital.

3Part paid

Private scan, keep your NHS place

Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.

4Self funded or insured

Go fully private

The scan and any follow-up, all private.

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More about Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

How deep the queue is now

100%

0 to 6 wks

Over 6 wks

Share of the current colonoscopy queue at this trust by whether they have passed six weeks, July 2026. The NHS standard is that fewer than 1% wait over six weeks.

NHS hospitals near New Forest

Lymington Hospital (current)

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1 wks

Median colonoscopy wait so far in the current queue, July 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.

Every hospital ranked by colonoscopy (bowel camera test) wait All NHS waiting times

How we know this

NHS DM01 diagnostics data, July 2026.

The whole trust (Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.

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