How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at St Bartholomew's Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs St Bartholomew's 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 Barts Health NHS Trust have waited longer than 8 weeks. 60% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Bartholomew's Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Bartholomew's Hospital.
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden7w · 1 mi · 1w faster
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 2 mi · 6w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 2 mi · 6w faster
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth5w · 3 mi · 3w faster
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 3 mi · 6w faster
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster2w · 3 mi · 6w faster
Other hospitals run by Barts Health NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- The Royal London Hospital2 mi
- Mile End Hospital3 mi
- Whipps Cross University Hospital6 mi
- Newham General Hospital6 mi
- Wanstead Hospital7 mi
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