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

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

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

2weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 7% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Wrightington Hospital

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

  • Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 14 mi · 1w faster
  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston1w · 14 mi · 1w faster
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside1w · 27 mi · 1w faster
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 40 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Westmorland and Furness1w · 49 mi · 1w faster
  • Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire1w · 56 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Royal Albert Edward Infirmary4 mi
  • Leigh Infirmary10 mi

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