NHS diagnostic waits · flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test)
Flexible sigmoidoscopy NHS waiting times, hospital by hospital
Updated August 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. Each figure below is the current flexible sigmoidoscopy queue at the NHS trust that runs that hospital: the list as it stands this month, not a prediction. The headline is the median wait; the % is the share who have already waited more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should. Ranked shortest first.
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- Furness General HospitalWestmorland and Furness1 week3% over 6 weeks
- Princess Alexandra HospitalHarlow1 week9% over 6 weeks
- Royal Lancaster InfirmaryLancaster1 week3% over 6 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalBradford1 week5% over 6 weeks
- Westmorland General HospitalWestmorland and Furness1 week3% over 6 weeks
- Addenbrooke's HospitalCambridge2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Alexandra HospitalRedditch2 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- Amersham HospitalBuckinghamshire2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Bassetlaw HospitalBassetlaw2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Burnley General HospitalBurnley2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Calderdale Royal HospitalCalderdale2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Cannock Chase HospitalCannock Chase2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Central Middlesex HospitalBrent2 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Chapel Allerton HospitalLeeds2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Charing Cross HospitalHammersmith and Fulham2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Chelsea & Westminster HospitalKensington and Chelsea2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Chorley & South Ribble HospitalChorley2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Conquest HospitalHastings2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Countess of Chester HospitalCheshire West and Chester2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- County Hospital LouthEast Lindsey2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Cromer HospitalNorth Norfolk2 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- Cumberland InfirmaryCumberland2 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Darent Valley HospitalDartford2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Dewsbury & District HospitalKirklees2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Doncaster Royal InfirmaryDoncaster2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Eastbourne District General HospitalEastbourne2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Friarage HospitalNorth Yorkshire2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Glenfield HospitalLeicester2 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Grantham & District HospitalGrantham2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith and Fulham2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Hexham General HospitalNorthumberland2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Hospital for Tropical DiseasesCamden2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Hospital of St CrossRugby2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryKirklees2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Johnson HospitalSouth Holland2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Kidderminster HospitalWyre Forest2 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- King's Mill HospitalAshfield2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Leicester General HospitalLeicester2 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Leicester Royal InfirmaryLeicester2 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Leigh InfirmaryWigan2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Lincoln County HospitalLincoln2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Milton Keynes HospitalMilton Keynes2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Montagu HospitalDoncaster2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- New Cross HospitalWolverhampton2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Newark HospitalNewark and Sherwood2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Norfolk & Norwich University HospitalSouth Norfolk2 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- North Manchester General HospitalManchester2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- North Tyneside General HospitalNorth Tyneside2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care HospitalNorthumberland2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Northwick Park HospitalBrent2 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Pilgrim HospitalBoston2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Pinderfields General HospitalWakefield2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Pontefract General InfirmaryWakefield2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGreenwich2 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Queen Marys HospitalBexley2 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryWigan2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Royal Blackburn HospitalBlackburn with Darwen2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Royal Cornwall HospitalCornwall2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Royal Preston HospitalPreston2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildford2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- South Tyneside District HospitalSouth Tyneside2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- St Albans City HospitalSt Albans2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- St Austell Surgical HubCornwall2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- St James's University HospitalLeeds2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalHarborough2 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalWestminster2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Stepping Hill HospitalStockport2 weeks7% over 6 weeks
- Stoke Mandeville HospitalBuckinghamshire2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Stratford HospitalStratford-on-Avon2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Sunderland Royal HospitalSunderland2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Tameside General HospitalTameside2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- The James Cook University HospitalMiddlesbrough2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- The Whittington HospitalIslington2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Trafford General HospitalTrafford2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- UCLH Outreach: St Pancras HospitalCamden2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- University College HospitalCamden2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland StreetCamden2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- University HospitalCoventry2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital LewishamLewisham2 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Wansbeck General HospitalNorthumberland2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Warwick HospitalWarwick2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Watford General HospitalWatford2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- West Cornwall HospitalCornwall2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- West Cumberland HospitalCumberland2 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- West Middlesex University HospitalHounslow2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Wharfedale HospitalLeeds2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Worcestershire Royal HospitalWorcester2 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- Wrightington HospitalWest Lancashire2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Wycombe HospitalBuckinghamshire2 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Wythenshawe HospitalManchester2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Barnsley HospitalBarnsley3 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Blackpool Victoria HospitalBlackpool3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Bridlington and District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire3 weeks16% over 6 weeks
- Bristol Royal InfirmaryBristol, City of3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield3 weeks31% over 6 weeks
- Crawley HospitalCrawley3 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- Darlington Memorial HospitalDarlington3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- East Surrey HospitalReigate and Banstead3 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- Frimley Park HospitalSurrey Heath3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Guest HospitalDudley3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Guy's HospitalSouthwark3 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- Halton HospitalHalton3 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- Harrogate District HospitalNorth Yorkshire3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Heatherwood HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Hillingdon HospitalHillingdon3 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Homerton University HospitalHackney3 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- Kent & Canterbury HospitalCanterbury3 weeks16% over 6 weeks
- Kettering General HospitalNorth Northamptonshire3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- King George HospitalRedbridge3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Lymington HospitalNew Forest3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- North Devon District HospitalNorth Devon3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- Nottingham City HospitalNottingham3 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Princess Anne HospitalSouthampton3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother HospitalThanet3 weeks16% over 6 weeks
- Queen's HospitalHavering3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Queen's Medical CentreNottingham3 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Rotherham District General HospitalRotherham3 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Royal Bolton HospitalBolton3 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Royal Devon & Exeter HospitalExeter3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- Royal South Hants HospitalSouthampton3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- Russells Hall HospitalDudley3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Scarborough General HospitalNorth Yorkshire3 weeks16% over 6 weeks
- Shotley Bridge HospitalCounty Durham3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- Southampton General HospitalSouthampton3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- St George's HospitalWandsworth3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- St Michael's HospitalBristol, City of3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- St Thomas' HospitalLambeth3 weeks11% over 6 weeks
- The Great Western HospitalSwindon3 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Torbay HospitalTorbay3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Torbay Hospital AnnexeTorbay3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of HartlepoolHartlepool3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of North DurhamCounty Durham3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of North TeesStockton-on-Tees3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Warrington HospitalWarrington3 weeks15% over 6 weeks
- Weston General HospitalNorth Somerset3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Wexham Park HospitalSlough3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- William Harvey HospitalAshford3 weeks16% over 6 weeks
- York HospitalYork3 weeks16% over 6 weeks
- Airedale General HospitalBradford4 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Barnet HospitalBarnet4 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Bridgwater HospitalSomerset4 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Chase Farm HospitalEnfield4 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Christchurch HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- Colchester General HospitalColchester4 weeks26% over 6 weeks
- Croydon University HospitalCroydon4 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- Derriford HospitalPlymouth4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Dorothy Pattison HospitalWalsall4 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Dorset County HospitalDorset4 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Epsom HospitalEpsom and Ewell4 weeks31% over 6 weeks
- Hereford County HospitalHerefordshire, County of4 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- Ipswich HospitalIpswich4 weeks26% over 6 weeks
- James Paget University HospitalGreat Yarmouth4 weeks32% over 6 weeks
- King's College HospitalLambeth4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Leatherhead HospitalMole Valley4 weeks31% over 6 weeks
- Macclesfield District General HospitalCheshire East4 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Medway Maritime HospitalMedway4 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- Musgrove Park HospitalSomerset4 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- North Middlesex HospitalEnfield4 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Ormskirk and District General HospitalWest Lancashire4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- Orpington HospitalBromley4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Poole HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal HospitalTelford4 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal University HospitalBromley4 weeks34% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGateshead4 weeks21% over 6 weeks
- Royal Berkshire HospitalReading4 weeks18% over 6 weeks
- Royal Bournemouth HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- Royal Free HospitalCamden4 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Royal Shrewsbury HospitalShropshire4 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- Royal United HospitalBath and North East Somerset4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- Southport and Formby District General HospitalSefton4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- St Helens HospitalSt. Helens4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- St Helier HospitalSutton4 weeks31% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- The Maidstone HospitalMaidstone4 weeks18% over 6 weeks
- The Tunbridge Wells HospitalTunbridge Wells4 weeks18% over 6 weeks
- Walsall Manor HospitalWalsall4 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Whiston HospitalKnowsley4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- Yeovil District HospitalSomerset4 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Arrowe Park HospitalWirral5 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- Brighton General HospitalBrighton and Hove5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Broadgreen HospitalLiverpool5 weeks45% over 6 weeks
- Castle Hill HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire5 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- Cheltenham General HospitalCheltenham5 weeks41% over 6 weeks
- Clatterbridge HospitalWirral5 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- Fairfield General HospitalBury5 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Freeman HospitalNewcastle upon Tyne5 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- Gloucestershire Royal HospitalGloucester5 weeks41% over 6 weeks
- Hull Royal InfirmaryKingston upon Hull, City of5 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal HospitalMid Sussex5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Rochdale InfirmaryRochdale5 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Royal Liverpool University HospitalLiverpool5 weeks45% over 6 weeks
- Royal Sussex County HospitalBrighton and Hove5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Salisbury District HospitalWiltshire5 weeks40% over 6 weeks
- Southlands HospitalAdur5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalIsle of Wight5 weeks35% over 6 weeks
- St Richards HospitalChichester5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- The Queen Elizabeth HospitalKing's Lynn and West Norfolk5 weeks26% over 6 weeks
- The Royal Oldham HospitalOldham5 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- The Royal Victoria InfirmaryNewcastle upon Tyne5 weeks42% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital AintreeLiverpool5 weeks45% over 6 weeks
- Worthing HospitalWorthing5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Bedford HospitalBedford6 weeks51% over 6 weeks
- Churchill HospitalOxford6 weeks51% over 6 weeks
- George Eliot HospitalNuneaton and Bedworth6 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Horton General HospitalCherwell6 weeks51% over 6 weeks
- John Radcliffe HospitalOxford6 weeks51% over 6 weeks
- Leighton HospitalCheshire East6 weeks49% over 6 weeks
- Lister HospitalStevenage6 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Luton & Dunstable HospitalLuton6 weeks51% over 6 weeks
- Nuffield Orthopaedic CentreOxford6 weeks51% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth I I HospitalWelwyn Hatfield6 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Victoria InfirmaryCheshire West and Chester6 weeks49% over 6 weeks
- Good Hope HospitalSutton Coldfield7 weeks54% over 6 weeks
- Heartlands HospitalBirmingham7 weeks54% over 6 weeks
- Mile End HospitalTower Hamlets7 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- Newham General HospitalNewham7 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalBirmingham7 weeks54% over 6 weeks
- Solihull HospitalSolihull7 weeks54% over 6 weeks
- St Bartholomew's HospitalCity of London7 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- The Royal London HospitalTower Hamlets7 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- Whipps Cross University HospitalWaltham Forest7 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalNorth East Lincolnshire8 weeks65% over 6 weeks
- Goole & District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire8 weeks65% over 6 weeks
- Northern General HospitalSheffield8 weeks59% over 6 weeks
- Queen's Hospital BurtonBurton upon Trent8 weeks62% over 6 weeks
- Royal Derby HospitalDerby8 weeks62% over 6 weeks
- Royal Hallamshire HospitalSheffield8 weeks59% over 6 weeks
- Scunthorpe General HospitalNorth Lincolnshire8 weeks65% over 6 weeks
- Weston Park HospitalSheffield8 weeks59% over 6 weeks
- Ashford HospitalSpelthorne9 weeks54% over 6 weeks
- County HospitalStafford9 weeks62% over 6 weeks
- Hinchingbrooke HospitalHuntingdonshire9 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- Peterborough City HospitalPeterborough9 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- Royal Stoke University HospitalStoke-on-Trent9 weeks62% over 6 weeks
- St Peter's HospitalRunnymede9 weeks54% over 6 weeks
- West Suffolk HospitalWest Suffolk9 weeks67% over 6 weeks
- City HospitalBirmingham10 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- Midland Metropolitan University HospitalSandwell10 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- Queen Alexandra HospitalPortsmouth10 weeks67% over 6 weeks
- Rowley Regis HospitalSandwell10 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- Sandwell General HospitalSandwell10 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- Kingston HospitalKingston upon Thames11 weeks69% over 6 weeks
- Basildon HospitalBasildon13+ weeks68% over 6 weeks
- Basingstoke and North Hampshire HospitalBasingstoke and Deane13+ weeks69% over 6 weeks
- Basingstoke General HospitalTest Valley13+ weeks69% over 6 weeks
- Broomfield HospitalChelmsford13+ weeks68% over 6 weeks
- Northampton General HospitalWest Northamptonshire13+ weeks65% over 6 weeks
- Royal Hampshire County HospitalWinchester13+ weeks69% over 6 weeks
- Southend HospitalSouthend-on-Sea13+ weeks68% over 6 weeks
- Winchester County HospitalTest Valley13+ weeks69% over 6 weeks
253 hospitals with a reported flexible sigmoidoscopy queue. Each figure is the trust's current DM01 waiting list: a snapshot this month, not a prediction, and the NHS publishes one figure per trust, not per hospital.
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