How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Newham General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs Newham General 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 Barts Health NHS Trust have waited longer than 7 weeks. 56% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Newham General Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Newham General Hospital.
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney3w · 4 mi · 4w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham3w · 5 mi · 4w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering2w · 7 mi · 5w faster
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 7 mi · 5w faster
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth5w · 7 mi · 2w faster
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 7 mi · 5w faster
Other hospitals run by Barts Health NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Mile End Hospital3 mi
- The Royal London Hospital4 mi
- Whipps Cross University Hospital4 mi
- Wanstead Hospital4 mi
- St Bartholomew's Hospital6 mi
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