How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Mount Vernon Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Mount Vernon 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 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 41% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Mount Vernon Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Mount Vernon Hospital.
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford2w · 3 mi · 2w faster
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent2w · 6 mi · 2w faster
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon3w · 6 mi · 1w faster
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster2w · 13 mi · 2w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington2w · 14 mi · 2w faster
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 15 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Barnet Hospital10 mi
- Hadley Wood Hospital11 mi
- Royal Free Hospital13 mi
- Chase Farm Hospital15 mi
- North Middlesex Hospital16 mi
- St Michael's Hospital16 mi
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