How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Burnham on Sea Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Burnham on Sea 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 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 46% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Burnham on Sea Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Burnham on Sea Hospital.
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 23 mi · 2w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 25 mi · 3w faster
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset4w · 28 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Exeter4w · 42 mi · 1w faster
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset3w · 43 mi · 2w faster
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire4w · 54 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Bridgwater Hospital7 mi
- Trinity Hospital16 mi
- Musgrove Park Hospital17 mi
- Yeovil District Hospital26 mi
- Yeatman Hospital29 mi
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