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 Gateshead Health 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 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 16% 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.
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland2w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside1w · 7 mi · 2w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough2w · 31 mi · 1w faster
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Cumberland2w · 55 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Westmorland and Furness2w · 64 mi · 1w faster
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire2w · 65 mi · 1w faster
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