How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Southport and Formby District General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Southport and Formby District General 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 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 15% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Southport and Formby District General Hospital
A shorter gastroscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Southport and Formby District General Hospital.
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston1w · 16 mi · 2w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen2w · 22 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 34 mi · 2w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 39 mi · 1w faster
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport2w · 39 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your gastroscopy could be at any of them.
- Ormskirk and District General Hospital6 mi
- Whiston Hospital17 mi
- St Helens Hospital17 mi
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