How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Birch Hill Hospital?
The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Birch Hill Hospital, and it is the current gastroscopy 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 gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 35% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Birch Hill Hospital
A shorter gastroscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Birch Hill Hospital.
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 10 mi · 2w faster
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester3w · 13 mi · 1w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees2w · 13 mi · 2w faster
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton3w · 14 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 15 mi · 3w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen2w · 15 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your gastroscopy could be at any of them.
- Rochdale Infirmary2 mi
- Fairfield General Hospital6 mi
- The Royal Oldham Hospital6 mi
- Oaklands Hospital13 mi
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