How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth 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 Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 12 weeks. 64% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Queen Elizabeth Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham5w · 3 mi · 7w faster
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Sandwell10w · 3 mi · 2w faster
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley3w · 8 mi · 9w faster
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall3w · 9 mi · 9w faster
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton3w · 12 mi · 9w faster
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick2w · 19 mi · 10w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- The Harborne Hospital1 mi
- Heartlands Hospital5 mi
- Solihull Hospital7 mi
- Good Hope Hospital10 mi
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