How long is the wait for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at The Maidstone Hospital?
The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, which runs The Maidstone 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 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 21% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of The Maidstone Hospital
A shorter gastroscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to The Maidstone Hospital.
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway2w · 8 mi · 1w faster
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford1w · 15 mi · 2w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering2w · 24 mi · 1w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham2w · 25 mi · 1w faster
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust · Canterbury2w · 26 mi · 1w faster
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings1w · 27 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your gastroscopy could be at any of them.
- The Tunbridge Wells Hospital12 mi
- Sevenoaks Hospital13 mi
- Fordcombe Hospital16 mi
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