How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at The Royal Victoria Infirmary?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs The Royal Victoria Infirmary, 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 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 36% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of The Royal Victoria Infirmary
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to The Royal Victoria Infirmary.
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust · Gateshead2w · 3 mi · 2w faster
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside1w · 7 mi · 3w faster
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland1w · 10 mi · 3w faster
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool2w · 25 mi · 2w faster
- County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust · Darlington2w · 31 mi · 2w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough1w · 34 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Freeman Hospital2 mi
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