How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at St Helens 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 St Helens 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 St Helens Hospital
A shorter gastroscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Helens Hospital.
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 9 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 20 mi · 2w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen2w · 23 mi · 1w faster
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport2w · 24 mi · 1w faster
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston1w · 24 mi · 2w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 27 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.
- Whiston Hospital3 mi
- Ormskirk and District General Hospital11 mi
- Southport and Formby District General Hospital17 mi
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