How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Royal United Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal United 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 United Hospitals Bath 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 United Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal United Hospital.
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 10 mi · 1w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 11 mi · 2w faster
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset3w · 47 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · Southampton3w · 52 mi · 1w faster
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Worcester3w · 56 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading2w · 62 mi · 2w faster
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