How long is the wait for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at Royal Sussex County Hospital?
The NHS does not publish colonoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Sussex County Hospital, and it is the current colonoscopy queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.
Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
Half of the people waiting for a colonoscopy (bowel camera test) at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 36% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Sussex County Hospital
A shorter colonoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Sussex County Hospital.
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead2w · 28 mi · 2w faster
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings1w · 30 mi · 3w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford1w · 36 mi · 3w faster
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton3w · 39 mi · 1w faster
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone3w · 41 mi · 1w faster
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 42 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your colonoscopy could be at any of them.
- Brighton General Hospital1 mi
- Lewes Victoria Hospital6 mi
- Southlands Hospital6 mi
- Worthing Hospital11 mi
- Princess Royal Hospital12 mi
- St Richards Hospital28 mi
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