How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Queen Marys Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, which runs Queen Marys 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 Marys Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Queen Marys Hospital.
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford2w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering2w · 11 mi · 1w faster
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 11 mi · 1w faster
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 12 mi · 1w faster
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 12 mi · 1w faster
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea2w · 13 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.
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital5 mi
- University Hospital Lewisham6 mi
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