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

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

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

11weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 11 weeks. 60% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Heartlands Hospital

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

  • Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Sandwell4w · 5 mi · 7w faster
  • Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall2w · 10 mi · 9w faster
  • The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley3w · 12 mi · 8w faster
  • The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton3w · 14 mi · 8w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth3w · 15 mi · 8w faster
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick2w · 17 mi · 9w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • The Harborne Hospital4 mi
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital5 mi
  • Solihull Hospital5 mi
  • Good Hope Hospital6 mi

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