How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Freeman Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Freeman 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 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals 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 Freeman Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Freeman Hospital.
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust · Gateshead3w · 4 mi · 1w faster
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside1w · 5 mi · 3w faster
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland2w · 10 mi · 2w faster
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool3w · 25 mi · 1w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough2w · 35 mi · 2w faster
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Cumberland2w · 55 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- The Royal Victoria Infirmary2 mi
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