NHS diagnostic waits · Southend-on-Sea · cystoscopy (bladder camera test)

How long is the wait for a cystoscopy (bladder camera test) at Orsett Hospital?

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

11weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a cystoscopy (bladder camera test) at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 11 weeks. 61% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Orsett Hospital

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

  • Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford4w · 7 mi · 7w faster
  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering10w · 9 mi · 1w faster
  • Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway4w · 12 mi · 7w faster
  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham5w · 17 mi · 6w faster
  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone4w · 17 mi · 7w faster
  • Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets8w · 18 mi · 3w faster

Other hospitals run by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Basildon Hospital5 mi
  • Southend Hospital14 mi
  • Mid Essex Hospital19 mi
  • St Michael's Hospital27 mi

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