How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Good Hope Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Good Hope 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 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 12 weeks. 64% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Good Hope Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Good Hope Hospital.
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham5w · 7 mi · 7w faster
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall3w · 8 mi · 9w faster
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Sandwell10w · 8 mi · 2w faster
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton3w · 12 mi · 9w faster
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley3w · 14 mi · 9w faster
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth4w · 15 mi · 8w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Heartlands Hospital6 mi
- The Harborne Hospital9 mi
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital10 mi
- Solihull Hospital11 mi
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