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

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

The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Devon & Exeter 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 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 25% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

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

  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth2w · 34 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2w · 67 mi · 1w faster
  • Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · New Forest1w · 88 mi · 2w faster
  • Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon2w · 96 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your gastroscopy could be at any of them.

  • Heavitree Hospital1 mi
  • Exmouth Hospital8 mi
  • Victoria Hospital12 mi
  • Tiverton and District Hospital13 mi
  • Honiton Hospital15 mi
  • Axminster Hospital23 mi
  • North Devon District Hospital35 mi

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