How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Brighton General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Brighton General Hospital, and it is the current flexible sigmoidoscopy 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 flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 47% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Brighton General Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Brighton General Hospital.
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead3w · 27 mi · 2w faster
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings2w · 30 mi · 3w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford2w · 36 mi · 3w faster
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton3w · 38 mi · 2w faster
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 41 mi · 3w faster
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust · Surrey Heath3w · 43 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Royal Sussex County Hospital1 mi
- Lewes Victoria Hospital6 mi
- Southlands Hospital6 mi
- Princess Royal Hospital11 mi
- Worthing Hospital11 mi
- St Richards Hospital29 mi
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