How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at John Coupland Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs John Coupland 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 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 1% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of John Coupland Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to John Coupland Hospital.
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 60 mi · 1w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 96 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Lincoln County Hospital16 mi
- County Hospital Louth32 mi
- Grantham & District Hospital34 mi
- Pilgrim Hospital43 mi
- Welland Hospital50 mi
- Johnson Hospital50 mi
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