Gastroenterology Waiting Times Across the NHS

The NHS Gastroenterology waiting list in England has 361,143 patients currently waiting for treatment, with a typical wait of around 9 weeks across 184 hospitals. In practice, Gastroenterology waiting times range from about 1 weeks at the fastest hospital to 24 weeks at the slowest. From GP referral to first Gastroenterology appointment, most patients (92%) are seen within about 29 weeks; the NHS constitutional target is 18 weeks. 3,188 patients have been on the Gastroenterology waiting list for more than a year. Waits for Gastroenterology are about 1.2 week shorter than in June 2025.

12-month change

Then vs now nationally

Jun 25→Jun 26
Typical wait
9.4weeks
â–¼ -1.2 wks
How long most people wait
Seen in 18 weeks
8in 10
â–² +3.7 pts
NHS aims to see everyone this fast
People waiting
361k
â–¼ -13k
On the waiting list right now
Waiting over a year
3.2k
â–¼ -3k
Been on the list for 12+ months
184
Hospitals you could choose from
9 weeks
How long most people wait
8 in 10
Seen within 18 weeks
3.2k
Have waited over a year

Common reasons for referral

Endoscopy and colonoscopy
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis
Coeliac disease
Acid reflux (GORD)
Liver disease
Gallstone investigation
Barrett's oesophagus monitoring
Bowel polyp surveillance

National trend

Average gastroenterology wait across England, month by month.

â–¼ -1.2 wks

All hospitals

Hospital Region Wait Within 18 Wks 52+ Wk
The Living Care Group North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 1 wks
100.0%
-
Endocare Diagnostics Ltd North West North West 1 wks
100.0%
-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford London London 2 wks
73.6%
33
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton South East South East 2 wks
100.0%
-
Princess Margaret Hospital South East South East 2 wks
100.0%
-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth South West South West 2 wks
94.7%
-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet South West South West 2 wks
99.3%
-
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham South East South East 2 wks
100.0%
-
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth South East South East 2 wks
100.0%
-
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes South West South West 3 wks
99.4%
-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green South West South West 3 wks
100.0%
-
Pinehill Hospital East of England East of England 3 wks
96.3%
-
Community Health And Eyecare Limited North West North West 4 wks
97.1%
-
South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 4 wks
96.1%
-
Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue) South West South West 4 wks
96.1%
-
North Bristol NHS Trust South West South West 4 wks
88.1%
1
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 4 wks
94.3%
-
Winfield Hospital South West South West 4 wks
94.6%
-
Glendon Wood Hospital Midlands Midlands 4 wks
84.8%
-
Clementine Churchill Hospital London London 4 wks
99.6%
1
Manchester Surgical Services Ltd North West North West 4 wks
93.3%
-
Oaklands Hospital North West North West 5 wks
86.0%
-
Cobalt Hospital North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 5 wks
88.5%
-
London Independent Hospital London London 5 wks
97.2%
1
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 5 wks
86.1%
-
Medefer London London 5 wks
87.5%
-
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust South West South West 5 wks
89.5%
-
Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital London London 5 wks
92.3%
-
Bishops Wood Hospital London London 5 wks
95.0%
-
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 5 wks
93.6%
5
Droitwich Spa Hospital Midlands Midlands 5 wks
89.2%
-
Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 5 wks
90.9%
1
Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 6 wks
93.7%
-
Blakelands Hospital East of England East of England 6 wks
93.4%
-
The Grange Medical Centre HQ North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 6 wks
100.0%
-
Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 6 wks
92.8%
-
Meriden Hospital Midlands Midlands 6 wks
86.9%
-
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust London London 6 wks
93.9%
-
Tees Valley Hospital North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 6 wks
82.2%
-
Woodthorpe Hospital Midlands Midlands 6 wks
89.1%
-
Ridgeway Hospital South West South West 6 wks
88.1%
-
Phoenix Health Solutions Limited HQ North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 7 wks
91.9%
-
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 7 wks
90.2%
3
Beaumont Hospital North West North West 7 wks
85.1%
-
Highfield Hospital North West North West 7 wks
85.4%
-
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust North West North West 7 wks
89.6%
-
Hendon Hospital London London 7 wks
79.0%
-
Chelsfield Park Hospital London London 7 wks
95.5%
-
Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 7 wks
89.3%
-
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 7 wks
86.3%
1
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 7 wks
93.0%
-
Whittington Health NHS Trust London London 7 wks
84.1%
-
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 7 wks
79.0%
-
New Hall Hospital South West South West 8 wks
80.5%
-
Springfield Hospital East of England East of England 8 wks
88.4%
-
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 8 wks
83.3%
-
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 8 wks
97.4%
-
Beacon Park Hospital Midlands Midlands 8 wks
81.9%
-
Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 8 wks
88.3%
-
Kings Oak Hospital London London 8 wks
90.8%
-
Chiltern Hospital South East South East 8 wks
86.7%
-
Benenden Hospital South East South East 8 wks
72.5%
-
Fitzwilliam Hospital East of England East of England 8 wks
73.2%
1
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London London 8 wks
90.2%
-
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London London 8 wks
89.6%
-
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 8 wks
93.5%
-
Hampshire Clinic South East South East 8 wks
75.7%
-
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 8 wks
87.8%
-
North Downs Hospital South East South East 8 wks
78.8%
1
Beacon Medical Services Group Limited North West North West 8 wks
80.7%
-
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 9 wks
74.5%
-
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 9 wks
78.1%
1
The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 9 wks
88.1%
-
University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 9 wks
77.7%
4
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 9 wks
72.1%
-
Shirley Oaks Hospital London London 9 wks
75.0%
-
Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust London London 9 wks
78.3%
26
Rivers Hospital East of England East of England 9 wks
80.2%
-
University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 9 wks
78.3%
3
Boston West Hospital Midlands Midlands 9 wks
74.6%
1
Lincoln Private Hospital Midlands Midlands 9 wks
68.2%
-
Woodlands Hospital North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 9 wks
77.8%
-
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 9 wks
86.3%
2
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust East of England East of England 9 wks
88.4%
-
Mersey And West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North West North West 9 wks
77.6%
15
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 9 wks
64.2%
13
Ashtead Hospital South East South East 9 wks
78.6%
-
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 9 wks
93.1%
-
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 9 wks
71.2%
4
Woodland Hospital Midlands Midlands 9 wks
72.2%
-
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 9 wks
73.0%
7
Cavell Hospital London London 9 wks
75.3%
-
Park Hospital Midlands Midlands 9 wks
83.1%
-
Spire Liverpool Hospital North West North West 9 wks
95.2%
-
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 9 wks
82.0%
2
Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London London 9 wks
79.8%
-
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 9 wks
70.3%
-
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 10 wks
77.7%
18
Epsomedical Group South East South East 10 wks
72.0%
9
University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 10 wks
69.4%
75
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 10 wks
76.3%
4
Runnymede Hospital South East South East 10 wks
74.3%
-
North Cheshire And Mersey NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 10 wks
77.7%
7
Rowley Hall Hospital Midlands Midlands 10 wks
66.7%
-
North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 10 wks
78.7%
3
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 10 wks
83.2%
1
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 10 wks
75.1%
1
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 10 wks
77.6%
-
Fairfield Independent Hospital North West North West 10 wks
81.8%
1
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 10 wks
72.9%
-
Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 10 wks
83.8%
-
Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 10 wks
72.1%
4
Isle Of Wight NHS Trust South East South East 10 wks
72.7%
-
Renacres Hospital North West North West 10 wks
59.9%
6
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 10 wks
73.5%
8
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 10 wks
67.7%
-
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 10 wks
71.5%
4
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 10 wks
74.7%
15
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 10 wks
74.8%
1
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust South West South West 11 wks
69.2%
1
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 11 wks
68.7%
9
Blackheath Hospital London London 11 wks
70.9%
1
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 11 wks
74.0%
4
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 11 wks
67.1%
8
University Hospitals Bristol And Weston NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 11 wks
65.3%
-
Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 11 wks
67.4%
12
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 11 wks
65.4%
-
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 11 wks
66.4%
15
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust South East South East 11 wks
69.7%
141
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust London London 11 wks
80.6%
9
Saxon Clinic East of England East of England 11 wks
63.3%
3
Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 11 wks
69.7%
42
East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 11 wks
67.4%
-
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 11 wks
73.1%
1
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London London 11 wks
69.4%
16
York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
65.1%
10
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 11 wks
66.2%
44
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 11 wks
67.3%
42
Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 12 wks
69.2%
2
The Yorkshire Clinic North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 12 wks
66.8%
1
Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust London London 12 wks
62.3%
38
Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust South East South East 12 wks
67.0%
-
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 12 wks
72.1%
-
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 12 wks
63.7%
124
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 12 wks
66.2%
-
Dartford And Gravesham NHS Trust South East South East 13 wks
65.5%
-
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 13 wks
63.1%
9
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 13 wks
62.9%
17
Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust London London 13 wks
65.0%
32
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 13 wks
69.0%
-
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 13 wks
68.6%
1
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 13 wks
64.0%
3
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 13 wks
65.1%
-
University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 13 wks
65.8%
1
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 13 wks
66.9%
11
Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) South East South East 13 wks
66.0%
-
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 14 wks
62.5%
32
Medway NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 14 wks
61.9%
-
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust London London 14 wks
66.3%
18
Wye Valley NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 14 wks
60.2%
22
County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 14 wks
61.5%
2
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 14 wks
64.1%
58
Kingston And Richmond NHS Foundation Trust London London 14 wks
60.2%
1
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 14 wks
62.3%
48
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust East of England East of England 14 wks
62.1%
24
East And North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust East of England East of England 14 wks
57.4%
28
Barts Health NHS Trust London London 14 wks
62.3%
10
Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 15 wks
62.7%
6
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 15 wks
60.5%
49
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 15 wks
57.5%
134
University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 15 wks
58.7%
123
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 15 wks
57.2%
48
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 15 wks
56.3%
85
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 16 wks
54.5%
71
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 16 wks
54.4%
273
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 16 wks
54.5%
48
Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 16 wks
54.4%
107
Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 17 wks
53.4%
431
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 17 wks
52.0%
97
East Cheshire NHS Trust North West North West 18 wks
50.2%
96
Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 18 wks
49.8%
-
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 20 wks
45.6%
52
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 22 wks
42.2%
42
Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 24 wks
40.6%
403

Patient experiences

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Anonymous
Aug 2026
University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust

still waiting for treatment or surgery

terrible still waiting a tumour was pointed out by a private consultant after being missed by nhs 18 months ago discharged twice and now confirmed still waiting for treatment

Referred 2025-04-03

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is the NHS Gastroenterology waiting list?

The NHS Gastroenterology waiting list in England has about 361,143 patients currently waiting for treatment. The typical wait is around 9 weeks (just over 2 months), based on data from 184 hospitals. Waiting times vary significantly between hospitals, so it's worth comparing your options before accepting a referral.

How long will I wait to see a gastroenterologist on the NHS?

The headline NHS waiting time is the wait from your GP's referral to your first outpatient appointment, which is the first time you actually see a gastroenterologist. Nationally this currently averages about 9 weeks. In our data it ranges from as short as 1 weeks at the fastest hospital to 24 weeks at the slowest, so where you are referred matters. Any tests, procedures or treatment that follow that first appointment may have their own waits on top.

What percentage of Gastroenterology patients are seen within 18 weeks?

Across the NHS, 77% of Gastroenterology patients are currently seen within the 18-week target. The NHS constitutional standard is 92%.

Can I choose which hospital I'm referred to?

Yes. Under the NHS Constitution, patients in England have the right to choose which hospital they are referred to for a first outpatient appointment. You can use WaitRadar to compare waiting times and discuss your options with your GP.

Source: NHS England RTT statistics. about our methodology

This is informational data, not medical advice. Always discuss referral options with your GP. Full disclaimer.