How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Colchester General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Colchester General 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 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 19% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Colchester General Hospital
A shorter gastroscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Colchester General Hospital.
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow1w · 36 mi · 2w faster
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge2w · 37 mi · 1w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering2w · 39 mi · 1w faster
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway2w · 40 mi · 1w faster
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford1w · 43 mi · 2w faster
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust · Canterbury2w · 45 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your gastroscopy could be at any of them.
- Ipswich Hospital16 mi
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