How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Royal Bournemouth Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Bournemouth 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 Dorset NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 29% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Bournemouth Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Bournemouth Hospital.
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · Southampton3w · 21 mi · 1w faster
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset3w · 28 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 60 mi · 1w faster
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust · Surrey Heath3w · 61 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading2w · 61 mi · 2w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 62 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Christchurch Hospital1 mi
- St Mary's Hospital7 mi
- Poole Hospital7 mi
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