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

How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at King's College Hospital?

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

3weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 32% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of King's College Hospital

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

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 2 mi · 1w faster
  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham2w · 3 mi · 1w faster
  • Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 4 mi · 2w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 4 mi · 1w faster
  • St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 5 mi · 1w faster
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster2w · 5 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Princess Royal University Hospital10 mi
  • Orpington Hospital11 mi

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