How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Exmouth Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Exmouth 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 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 35% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Exmouth Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Exmouth Hospital.
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay3w · 12 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth3w · 34 mi · 1w faster
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset3w · 42 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 68 mi · 1w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 70 mi · 2w faster
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Cornwall2w · 78 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital8 mi
- Victoria Hospital8 mi
- Heavitree Hospital9 mi
- Honiton Hospital15 mi
- Tiverton and District Hospital20 mi
- Axminster Hospital21 mi
- North Devon District Hospital43 mi
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