How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Princess Royal Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Princess Royal 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 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 47% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Princess Royal Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Princess Royal Hospital.
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead3w · 16 mi · 2w faster
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton3w · 27 mi · 2w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford2w · 28 mi · 3w faster
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings2w · 29 mi · 3w faster
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 30 mi · 3w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham3w · 32 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Lewes Victoria Hospital9 mi
- Brighton General Hospital11 mi
- Royal Sussex County Hospital12 mi
- Southlands Hospital13 mi
- Worthing Hospital17 mi
- St Richards Hospital31 mi
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