How long is the wait for a cystoscopy (bladder camera test) at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?
The NHS does not publish cystoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth 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 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 9 weeks. 60% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Queen Elizabeth Hospital
A shorter cystoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham3w · 3 mi · 6w faster
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Sandwell2w · 3 mi · 7w faster
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley4w · 8 mi · 5w faster
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton3w · 12 mi · 6w faster
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick2w · 19 mi · 7w faster
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth3w · 20 mi · 6w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your cystoscopy could be at any of them.
- The Harborne Hospital1 mi
- Heartlands Hospital5 mi
- Solihull Hospital7 mi
- Good Hope Hospital10 mi
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