How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Southampton General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Southampton General 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 Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 26% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Southampton General Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Southampton General Hospital.
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading2w · 41 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford2w · 42 mi · 1w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 63 mi · 1w faster
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth2w · 64 mi · 1w faster
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent2w · 65 mi · 1w faster
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea2w · 66 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Princess Anne Hospital0 mi
- Lymington Hospital12 mi
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