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

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

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

11weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 11 weeks. 60% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Solihull Hospital

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

  • Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Sandwell4w · 9 mi · 7w faster
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick2w · 12 mi · 9w faster
  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry1w · 14 mi · 10w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth3w · 14 mi · 8w faster
  • Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall2w · 15 mi · 9w faster
  • The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley3w · 16 mi · 8w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Heartlands Hospital5 mi
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital7 mi
  • The Harborne Hospital7 mi
  • Good Hope Hospital11 mi

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