How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at The Princess Margaret Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs The Princess Margaret 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 Frimley Health NHS Foundation 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 The Princess Margaret Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to The Princess Margaret Hospital.
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent1w · 14 mi · 2w faster
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading2w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford2w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford1w · 16 mi · 2w faster
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea2w · 18 mi · 1w faster
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 19 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- King Edward Vii Hospital0 mi
- Wexham Park Hospital4 mi
- Heatherwood Hospital6 mi
- St Mark's Hospital7 mi
- Frimley Park Hospital12 mi
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