How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Gloucestershire Royal 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 Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Worcester3w · 23 mi · 2w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 30 mi · 3w faster
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon4w · 31 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 32 mi · 2w faster
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset4w · 34 mi · 1w faster
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick2w · 40 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.
- Cheltenham General Hospital7 mi
- Delancey Hospital7 mi
- Stroud General Hospital9 mi
- Cirencester Hospital15 mi
- Fairford Hospital22 mi
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