How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital?
The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care 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 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 0% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
A shorter gastroscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland1w · 13 mi · 1w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough1w · 39 mi · 1w faster
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston1w · 100 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your gastroscopy could be at any of them.
- Cobalt Hospital4 mi
- North Tyneside General Hospital5 mi
- Ashington Hospital7 mi
- Wansbeck General Hospital8 mi
- Hexham General Hospital22 mi
- Alnwick Infirmary24 mi
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