How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Royal Blackburn Hospital?
The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Royal Blackburn 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 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 2% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Blackburn Hospital
A shorter gastroscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Blackburn Hospital.
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston1w · 11 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 23 mi · 1w faster
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Doncaster1w · 57 mi · 1w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough1w · 76 mi · 1w faster
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland1w · 91 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your gastroscopy could be at any of them.
- Burnley General Hospital11 mi
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