How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Burton Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Burton 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 of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 7 weeks. 59% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Burton Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Burton Hospital.
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · Nottingham6w · 21 mi · 1w faster
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall3w · 22 mi · 4w faster
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth4w · 22 mi · 3w faster
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton3w · 24 mi · 4w faster
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham5w · 25 mi · 2w faster
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester3w · 25 mi · 4w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Royal Derby Hospital9 mi
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