How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Newark Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Newark 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 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 15% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Newark Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Newark Hospital.
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 64 mi · 1w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 72 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- King's Mill Hospital18 mi
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