How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth 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 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 5% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Queen Elizabeth Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland1w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside1w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough1w · 31 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Westmorland and Furness1w · 64 mi · 1w faster
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire1w · 65 mi · 1w faster
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 79 mi · 1w faster
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