How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Royal Stoke University Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs Royal Stoke University 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 of North Midlands NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 6% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Stoke University Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Stoke University Hospital.
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport2w · 26 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 29 mi · 2w faster
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 32 mi · 1w faster
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester2w · 32 mi · 1w faster
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust · Shropshire2w · 32 mi · 1w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 34 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- County Hospital14 mi
- St George's Hospital14 mi
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