NHS diagnostic waits · Preston · cystoscopy (bladder camera test)

How long is the wait for a cystoscopy (bladder camera test) at Chorley & South Ribble Hospital?

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

5weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a cystoscopy (bladder camera test) at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 43% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Chorley & South Ribble Hospital

A shorter cystoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Chorley & South Ribble Hospital.

  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan3w · 7 mi · 2w faster
  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen3w · 9 mi · 2w faster
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton4w · 11 mi · 1w faster
  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley4w · 18 mi · 1w faster
  • Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust · Salford1w · 18 mi · 4w faster
  • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington2w · 19 mi · 3w faster

Other hospitals run by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Ramsey Buckshawe Hospital2 mi
  • Royal Preston Hospital9 mi

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