How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at North Devon District Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs North Devon District 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 Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 35% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of North Devon District Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to North Devon District Hospital.
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay3w · 47 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth3w · 47 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 68 mi · 1w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 69 mi · 2w faster
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Cornwall2w · 73 mi · 2w faster
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset3w · 75 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Tiverton and District Hospital27 mi
- Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital35 mi
- Heavitree Hospital35 mi
- Honiton Hospital43 mi
- Exmouth Hospital43 mi
- Victoria Hospital45 mi
- Axminster Hospital51 mi
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