NHS diagnostic waits · Manchester · flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test)

How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Fairfield General Hospital?

The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Fairfield General Hospital, and it is the current flexible sigmoidoscopy queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

2weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 1% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Fairfield General Hospital

A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Fairfield General Hospital.

  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 12 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.

  • Rochdale Infirmary4 mi
  • Birch Hill Hospital6 mi
  • Royal Oldham Hospital6 mi
  • North Manchester General Hospital6 mi
  • Manchester Royal Infirmary10 mi
  • Trafford General Hospital11 mi
  • Wythenshawe Hospital15 mi

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