How long is the wait for a cystoscopy (bladder camera test) at Freeman Hospital?
The NHS does not publish cystoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Freeman Hospital, and it is the current cystoscopy 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 cystoscopy (bladder camera test) at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 26% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Freeman Hospital
A shorter cystoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Freeman Hospital.
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside2w · 5 mi · 2w faster
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Westmorland and Furness1w · 66 mi · 3w faster
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire3w · 70 mi · 1w faster
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · York2w · 74 mi · 2w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 78 mi · 2w faster
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 83 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your cystoscopy could be at any of them.
- The Royal Victoria Infirmary2 mi
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