How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Darlington Memorial Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Darlington Memorial 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 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 31% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Darlington Memorial Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Darlington Memorial Hospital.
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough2w · 14 mi · 2w faster
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool3w · 18 mi · 1w faster
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland2w · 26 mi · 2w faster
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust · Gateshead3w · 28 mi · 1w faster
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside1w · 34 mi · 3w faster
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire2w · 37 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- University Hospital of North Durham18 mi
- Shotley Bridge Hospital26 mi
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