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 Northern Care Alliance 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.
Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
Half of the people waiting for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 38% 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.
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton2w · 8 mi · 2w faster
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 10 mi · 2w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 11 mi · 2w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 12 mi · 3w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen2w · 13 mi · 2w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 16 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Northern Care Alliance 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
- The Royal Oldham Hospital6 mi
- Birch Hill Hospital6 mi
- Oaklands Hospital8 mi
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