NHS diagnostic waits · Southend-on-Sea · Flexible sigmoidoscopy
Flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) waiting time at Southend Hospital
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More than half the people waiting for a flexible sigmoidoscopy at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have already passed 13 weeks, so no median can be given.
68% have waited more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
NHS DM01 data, August 2026
Where it’s done at Southend Hospital
Flexible sigmoidoscopy is a type of endoscopy, done in the endoscopy unit at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.
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3Part paid
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More about Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
NHS hospitals near Southend-on-Sea
Southend Hospital (current)
0 mi
Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway
14 mi
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford
20 mi
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone
21 mi
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering
22 mi
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Colchester
26 mi
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust · Canterbury
26 mi
Median flexible sigmoidoscopy wait so far in the current queue, August 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS DM01 diagnostics data, August 2026.
The whole trust (Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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