NHS diagnostic waits · Harlow · colonoscopy (bowel camera test)

How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Princess Alexandra Hospital?

The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, which runs Princess Alexandra Hospital, and it is the current colonoscopy queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

4weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 26% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Princess Alexandra Hospital

A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Princess Alexandra Hospital.

  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering2w · 15 mi · 2w faster
  • Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney3w · 16 mi · 1w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington2w · 17 mi · 2w faster
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 19 mi · 2w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 20 mi · 2w faster
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 21 mi · 2w faster

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