How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Clatterbridge Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Clatterbridge 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 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 26% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Clatterbridge Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Clatterbridge Hospital.
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester2w · 10 mi · 2w faster
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley3w · 12 mi · 1w faster
- North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington3w · 18 mi · 1w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 23 mi · 2w faster
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton2w · 29 mi · 2w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 33 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Arrowe Park Hospital4 mi
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