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

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

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

4weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 39% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of University Hospital Aintree

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

  • Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 3 mi · 3w faster
  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley3w · 7 mi · 1w faster
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 14 mi · 2w faster
  • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington3w · 14 mi · 1w faster
  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester3w · 18 mi · 1w faster
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton2w · 21 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Walton Hospital2 mi
  • Broadgreen Hospital4 mi
  • Royal Liverpool University Hospital4 mi

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