How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Royal Free Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Free 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 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 41% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Free Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Free Hospital.
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington2w · 1 mi · 2w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 2 mi · 2w faster
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster2w · 2 mi · 2w faster
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 4 mi · 2w faster
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea1w · 4 mi · 3w faster
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea2w · 5 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- North Middlesex Hospital6 mi
- Barnet Hospital7 mi
- Hadley Wood Hospital7 mi
- Chase Farm Hospital8 mi
- St Michael's Hospital8 mi
- Mount Vernon Hospital13 mi
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