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 Gateshead Health 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 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 32% 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.
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside2w · 7 mi · 2w faster
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Westmorland and Furness1w · 64 mi · 3w faster
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire3w · 65 mi · 1w faster
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · York2w · 70 mi · 2w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 74 mi · 2w faster
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Leeds2w · 78 mi · 2w faster
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