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

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

The NHS does not publish gastroscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Yeatman 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 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 39% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Yeatman Hospital

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

  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2w · 29 mi · 2w faster
  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset3w · 31 mi · 1w faster
  • Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire3w · 32 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 35 mi · 1w faster
  • North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 38 mi · 1w faster
  • Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · New Forest1w · 43 mi · 3w faster

Other hospitals run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Yeovil District Hospital5 mi
  • Bridgwater Hospital24 mi
  • Trinity Hospital25 mi
  • Musgrove Park Hospital27 mi
  • Burnham on Sea Hospital29 mi

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