How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth I I 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 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 45% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital.
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford2w · 13 mi · 3w faster
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent2w · 15 mi · 3w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington2w · 15 mi · 3w faster
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden4w · 16 mi · 1w faster
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 17 mi · 3w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 18 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Lister Hospital10 mi
- Bishops Wood Hospital16 mi
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