NHS diagnostic waits · North Tyneside · flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test)

How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Hexham General Hospital?

The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Hexham 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.

1weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 1 weeks. 0% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Other hospitals run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.

  • Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital22 mi
  • Cobalt Hospital23 mi
  • North Tyneside General Hospital25 mi
  • Ashington Hospital25 mi
  • Wansbeck General Hospital26 mi
  • Alnwick Infirmary34 mi

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