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

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

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

10weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 10 weeks. 60% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Solihull Hospital

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

  • Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham5w · 7 mi · 5w faster
  • Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Sandwell8w · 9 mi · 2w faster
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick2w · 12 mi · 8w faster
  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry1w · 14 mi · 9w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth3w · 14 mi · 7w faster
  • Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall2w · 15 mi · 8w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.

  • Heartlands Hospital5 mi
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital7 mi
  • The Harborne Hospital7 mi
  • Good Hope Hospital11 mi

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