How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at St Helens Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs St Helens 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 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 13% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Helens Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Helens Hospital.
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 7 mi · 2w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 9 mi · 1w faster
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton2w · 14 mi · 1w faster
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 20 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 20 mi · 1w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen2w · 23 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Whiston Hospital3 mi
- Ormskirk and District General Hospital11 mi
- Southport and Formby District General Hospital17 mi
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