How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at University Hospital of North Durham?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, which runs University Hospital of North Durham, 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 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 17% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of University Hospital of North Durham
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to University Hospital of North Durham.
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland1w · 11 mi · 1w faster
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside1w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough1w · 22 mi · 1w faster
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire1w · 55 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Westmorland and Furness1w · 56 mi · 1w faster
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 68 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Shotley Bridge Hospital11 mi
- Darlington Memorial Hospital18 mi
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