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

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

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

4weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a gastroscopy (stomach camera test) at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 35% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of The Royal Oldham Hospital

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

  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 5 mi · 2w faster
  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester3w · 8 mi · 1w faster
  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 10 mi · 3w faster
  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport2w · 12 mi · 2w faster
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton3w · 13 mi · 1w faster
  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees2w · 14 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Rochdale Infirmary5 mi
  • Fairfield General Hospital6 mi
  • Birch Hill Hospital6 mi
  • Oaklands Hospital9 mi

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