NHS diagnostic waits · Bolton · gastroscopy (stomach camera test)

How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Royal Bolton Hospital?

The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Bolton Hospital, and it is the current gastroscopy queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

3weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 7% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Bolton Hospital

A shorter gastroscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Bolton Hospital.

  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 8 mi · 1w faster
  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 12 mi · 2w faster
  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen2w · 13 mi · 1w faster
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 15 mi · 1w faster
  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport2w · 17 mi · 1w faster
  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston1w · 20 mi · 2w faster

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