How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?
The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth 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 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 7% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Queen Elizabeth Hospital
A shorter gastroscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland1w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough1w · 31 mi · 1w faster
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston1w · 91 mi · 1w faster
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Doncaster1w · 99 mi · 1w faster
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