How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Wanstead Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs Wanstead 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 Barts Health NHS Trust have waited longer than 7 weeks. 56% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Wanstead Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Wanstead Hospital.
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney3w · 4 mi · 4w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering2w · 7 mi · 5w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington2w · 7 mi · 5w faster
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 8 mi · 5w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 8 mi · 5w faster
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden6w · 9 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Barts Health NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Whipps Cross University Hospital1 mi
- Newham General Hospital4 mi
- Mile End Hospital5 mi
- The Royal London Hospital6 mi
- St Bartholomew's Hospital7 mi
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