How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Oaklands Hospital?
The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Oaklands 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 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 35% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Oaklands Hospital
A shorter gastroscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Oaklands Hospital.
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester3w · 4 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 6 mi · 3w faster
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton3w · 6 mi · 1w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 10 mi · 2w faster
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport2w · 11 mi · 2w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 13 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your gastroscopy could be at any of them.
- Fairfield General Hospital8 mi
- The Royal Oldham Hospital9 mi
- Rochdale Infirmary11 mi
- Birch Hill Hospital13 mi
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