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Gastroenterology Waiting Times Across the NHS

The NHS Gastroenterology waiting list in England has 357,242 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 25 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. 3,620 patients have been on the Gastroenterology waiting list for more than a year. Waits for Gastroenterology are about 1.4 week shorter than in August 2025.

12-month change

Then vs now nationally

Aug 25→Aug 26
Typical wait
9.4weeks
â–¼ -1.4 wks
How long most people wait
Seen in 18 weeks
8in 10
â–² +4.4 pts
NHS aims to see everyone this fast
People waiting
357k
â–¼ -20k
On the waiting list right now
Waiting over a year
3.6k
â–¼ -3.3k
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
3.6k
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 -1.4 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 - Plymouth South West South West 2 wks
100.0%
-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford London London 2 wks
74.2%
33
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 Hospital - Southampton South East South East 3 wks
100.0%
-
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes South West South West 3 wks
100.0%
-
The Grange Medical Centre HQ North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 3 wks
100.0%
-
Glendon Wood Hospital Midlands Midlands 3 wks
88.5%
-
Bmi - The Alexandra Hospital North West North West 3 wks
92.0%
-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet South West South West 3 wks
100.0%
-
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green South West South West 3 wks
100.0%
-
Bmi - The Sloane Hospital London London 4 wks
93.1%
-
Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital London London 4 wks
94.9%
-
Bmi - The London Independent Hospital London London 4 wks
94.7%
-
South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 4 wks
96.7%
-
Pinehill Hospital East of England East of England 4 wks
83.3%
-
Winfield Hospital South West South West 4 wks
86.9%
-
Fulwood Hall Hospital North West North West 4 wks
100.0%
-
Epsomedical Group South East South East 4 wks
82.6%
7
Manchester Surgical Services Ltd North West North West 5 wks
93.5%
-
Bmi - The Clementine Churchill Hospital London London 5 wks
100.0%
-
Bmi - The Highfield Hospital North West North West 5 wks
84.6%
-
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London London 5 wks
89.1%
-
Phoenix Health Solutions Limited HQ North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 5 wks
85.8%
-
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 5 wks
96.4%
-
Bmi Mount Alvernia Hospital South East South East 5 wks
82.6%
-
Woodthorpe Hospital Midlands Midlands 5 wks
90.8%
-
Blakelands Hospital East of England East of England 5 wks
91.3%
-
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 6 wks
88.4%
2
Nuffield Health, Plymouth Hospital South West South West 6 wks
90.0%
-
Tees Valley Hospital North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 6 wks
81.3%
-
Beacon Medical Services Group Limited North West North West 6 wks
88.4%
-
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 6 wks
96.1%
-
Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue) South West South West 6 wks
93.0%
-
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust North West North West 6 wks
92.3%
-
Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 6 wks
90.3%
-
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust South West South West 6 wks
84.1%
-
Bmi - The Chiltern Hospital South East South East 6 wks
100.0%
-
Whittington Health NHS Trust London London 6 wks
86.1%
-
Medefer London London 6 wks
90.1%
-
Oaklands Hospital North West North West 6 wks
94.6%
-
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 6 wks
94.2%
1
Bmi - The Meriden Hospital Midlands Midlands 7 wks
87.7%
-
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 7 wks
77.7%
-
Bmi - The Droitwich Spa Hospital Midlands Midlands 7 wks
88.5%
-
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 7 wks
92.5%
-
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 7 wks
92.3%
-
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 7 wks
92.5%
-
Tameside And Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 7 wks
91.0%
-
Community Health And Eyecare Limited North West North West 7 wks
88.3%
-
One Stop Doctors Limited East of England East of England 7 wks
58.3%
1
Beacon Park Hospital Midlands Midlands 7 wks
81.8%
-
Benenden Hospital South East South East 7 wks
81.1%
-
Cobalt Hospital North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 7 wks
81.9%
-
Bmi - Chelsfield Park Hospital London London 8 wks
87.5%
-
Bmi - Shirley Oaks Hospital London London 8 wks
77.9%
-
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 8 wks
89.9%
1
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 8 wks
84.4%
-
Bmi - The Park Hospital Midlands Midlands 8 wks
83.7%
1
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 8 wks
74.4%
6
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London London 8 wks
92.4%
-
Renacres Hospital North West North West 8 wks
73.0%
2
Boston West Hospital Midlands Midlands 8 wks
65.1%
-
Isle Of Wight NHS Trust South East South East 8 wks
82.3%
-
University Hospitals Bristol And Weston NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 8 wks
79.4%
-
Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust London London 8 wks
83.5%
27
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 8 wks
97.4%
-
Bmi - The Blackheath Hospital London London 8 wks
75.5%
1
Chelsea And Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 8 wks
85.3%
-
Royal Devon And Exeter NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 8 wks
86.2%
-
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 8 wks
74.6%
1
University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 8 wks
74.6%
113
Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 8 wks
90.2%
-
Springfield Hospital East of England East of England 8 wks
83.7%
1
Mount Stuart Hospital South West South West 8 wks
60.9%
2
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 9 wks
79.3%
2
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust East of England East of England 9 wks
91.7%
-
Bmi Woodlands Hospital North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 9 wks
69.9%
-
Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 9 wks
79.3%
-
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 9 wks
92.3%
-
University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 9 wks
75.8%
3
Rivers Hospital East of England East of England 9 wks
78.2%
1
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 9 wks
78.4%
-
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 9 wks
71.1%
1
Bmi - Hendon Hospital London London 9 wks
73.6%
-
Guy's And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London London 9 wks
76.7%
1
Woodland Hospital Midlands Midlands 9 wks
74.6%
-
Fitzwilliam Hospital East of England East of England 9 wks
73.8%
1
Ashtead Hospital South East South East 9 wks
81.0%
-
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 9 wks
85.4%
-
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 9 wks
73.1%
-
St Helens And Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North West North West 9 wks
79.4%
22
Bmi - The Ridgeway Hospital South West South West 9 wks
88.3%
-
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 10 wks
80.2%
-
Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 10 wks
76.9%
3
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 10 wks
82.0%
3
The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 10 wks
86.1%
-
Rowley Hall Hospital Midlands Midlands 10 wks
70.1%
-
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 10 wks
71.4%
1
Fairfield Independent Hospital North West North West 10 wks
81.3%
-
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 10 wks
80.9%
-
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 10 wks
73.9%
-
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London London 10 wks
70.4%
10
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 10 wks
68.7%
7
University Hospitals Of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 10 wks
73.1%
3
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 10 wks
75.6%
1
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 10 wks
73.6%
19
Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 10 wks
79.6%
-
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 10 wks
75.6%
2
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 10 wks
75.9%
2
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 10 wks
79.6%
3
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 10 wks
74.7%
2
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust London London 10 wks
78.5%
15
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 10 wks
70.6%
14
Bmi - The Runnymede Hospital South East South East 10 wks
74.1%
-
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 11 wks
72.2%
1
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 11 wks
74.7%
4
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 11 wks
71.9%
17
North Tees And Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
72.0%
1
Ashford And St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 11 wks
73.2%
2
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 11 wks
70.7%
7
East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 11 wks
67.1%
2
Epsom And St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust London London 11 wks
66.5%
42
Warrington And Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 11 wks
77.6%
5
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 11 wks
69.2%
-
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust London London 11 wks
69.0%
54
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London London 11 wks
70.6%
24
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 11 wks
70.1%
3
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 11 wks
67.2%
-
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 11 wks
68.9%
12
Medway NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 12 wks
64.3%
-
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 12 wks
74.9%
-
The Yorkshire Clinic North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 12 wks
64.7%
3
Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 12 wks
66.9%
2
East And North Hertfordshire NHS Trust East of England East of England 12 wks
64.8%
30
Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust London London 12 wks
65.4%
33
Bmi - The Saxon Clinic East of England East of England 12 wks
59.6%
2
Dartford And Gravesham NHS Trust South East South East 12 wks
65.6%
-
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 12 wks
67.0%
57
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 12 wks
67.7%
45
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 12 wks
65.3%
7
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 12 wks
65.8%
-
Barts Health NHS Trust London London 12 wks
64.7%
36
Bmi The Cavell Hospital London London 12 wks
64.4%
-
Bmi - The Kings Oak Hospital London London 12 wks
74.3%
-
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 12 wks
65.1%
100
Portsmouth Hospitals University National Health Service Trust South East South East 12 wks
66.6%
140
Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust South East South East 13 wks
65.7%
53
Wye Valley NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 13 wks
63.4%
30
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Midlands Midlands 13 wks
64.0%
1
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 13 wks
63.5%
54
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 13 wks
60.5%
112
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 13 wks
63.9%
48
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 13 wks
63.0%
1
North Downs Hospital South East South East 13 wks
85.0%
-
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 13 wks
65.0%
6
University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 13 wks
60.2%
138
New Hall Hospital South West South West 14 wks
70.4%
-
University Hospitals Of North Midlands NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 14 wks
62.0%
1
York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 14 wks
63.3%
7
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 14 wks
58.8%
44
Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc) South East South East 14 wks
62.3%
-
Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust South East South East 14 wks
63.0%
-
Spire Liverpool Hospital North West North West 14 wks
100.0%
-
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust East of England East of England 15 wks
59.8%
38
County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 15 wks
57.1%
35
Bmi - The Beaumont Hospital North West North West 15 wks
54.3%
-
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South West South West 15 wks
57.6%
65
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 15 wks
57.2%
55
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London London 15 wks
60.0%
-
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 15 wks
56.6%
332
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 16 wks
57.2%
106
Wrightington, Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 16 wks
53.9%
168
East Cheshire NHS Trust North West North West 17 wks
52.3%
53
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust South East South East 17 wks
52.2%
84
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 17 wks
52.1%
102
Mid And South Essex NHS Foundation Trust East of England East of England 17 wks
51.7%
394
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 18 wks
50.8%
97
Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Midlands Midlands 18 wks
50.4%
10
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 20 wks
46.6%
11
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North West North West 21 wks
44.1%
66
Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust North East and Yorkshire North East and Yorkshire 25 wks
39.5%
565

Patient experiences

Stories from people who've been through this department. (1 review)

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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 357,242 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 25 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.