How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Kent & Canterbury Hospital?
The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Kent & Canterbury 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 Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 16% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Kent & Canterbury Hospital
A shorter gastroscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Kent & Canterbury Hospital.
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings1w · 35 mi · 1w faster
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford1w · 38 mi · 1w faster
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow1w · 55 mi · 1w faster
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 57 mi · 1w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 94 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your gastroscopy could be at any of them.
- William Harvey Hospital11 mi
- One Ashford Hospital11 mi
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital15 mi
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