How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Royal Blackburn Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Royal Blackburn 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 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 2% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Blackburn Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Blackburn Hospital.
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston1w · 11 mi · 1w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside1w · 23 mi · 1w faster
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 28 mi · 1w faster
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 28 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Westmorland and Furness1w · 41 mi · 1w faster
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire1w · 42 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Burnley General Hospital11 mi
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