Nearly 500 Guernsey patients await colonoscopies or endoscopies

A backlog in waiting lists has meant that nearly 500 patients are waiting for a colonoscopy or endoscopy in Guernsey.

There is currently no permanent full-time gastroenterologist on the island, with locums currently performing procedures, and patients have been affected by a lack of local facilities.

Health bosses have said they hoped an off-island provider would start within the next few weeks for the 476 patients.

The Health and Social Care Committee and the Medical Specialist Group said the waiting list for gastroenterology services was “one area that has been most impacted by Covid-19” and plans had “been put in place to hep to reduce the backlog”.

Moves to address these issues included on-island locum gastroenterologist, and a tender commissioning an off-island provider to “deliver endoscopy services over four-day weekends on a regular basis to significantly reduce the waiting list”.

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