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 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS 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 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 22% 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.
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering2w · 8 mi · 1w faster
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 8 mi · 1w faster
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford2w · 9 mi · 1w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 9 mi · 1w faster
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 10 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- University Hospital Lewisham3 mi
- Queen Marys Hospital5 mi
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