How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Leigh Infirmary?
The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Leigh Infirmary, 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 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 10% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Leigh Infirmary
A shorter gastroscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Leigh Infirmary.
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 6 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 13 mi · 2w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen2w · 16 mi · 1w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 18 mi · 1w faster
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport2w · 18 mi · 1w faster
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston1w · 21 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your gastroscopy could be at any of them.
- Warrington Hospital9 mi
- Altrincham General Hospital11 mi
- Halton Hospital15 mi
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