NHS diagnostic waits · Oxford · gastroscopy (stomach camera test)

How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Churchill Hospital?

The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Churchill Hospital, and it is the current gastroscopy queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

12weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 12 weeks. 73% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Churchill Hospital

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

  • Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading2w · 23 mi · 10w faster
  • Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon2w · 26 mi · 10w faster
  • Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire3w · 26 mi · 9w faster
  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 28 mi · 11w faster
  • Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Luton5w · 33 mi · 7w faster
  • West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford2w · 35 mi · 10w faster

Other hospitals run by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre0 mi
  • John Radcliffe Hospital1 mi
  • Horton General Hospital22 mi
  • The Foscote Hospital22 mi
  • The Cherwell Hospital22 mi

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