How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at York Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs York 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 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 9% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of York Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to York Hospital.
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire1w · 18 mi · 1w faster
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Doncaster1w · 30 mi · 1w faster
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford1w · 31 mi · 1w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough1w · 41 mi · 1w faster
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Chesterfield1w · 52 mi · 1w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside1w · 52 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Scarborough General Hospital34 mi
- Cross Lane Hospital35 mi
- St Mary's Hospital35 mi
- Bridlington and District Hospital36 mi
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