How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Fairford Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Fairford 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 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 41% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Fairford Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Fairford Hospital.
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon4w · 12 mi · 1w faster
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset4w · 34 mi · 1w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 38 mi · 3w faster
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Worcester3w · 38 mi · 2w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 39 mi · 2w faster
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading2w · 39 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Cirencester Hospital8 mi
- Delancey Hospital17 mi
- Cheltenham General Hospital18 mi
- Stroud General Hospital19 mi
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital22 mi
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