How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at St Mary's Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, which runs St Mary'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 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have waited longer than 11 weeks. 66% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Mary's Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Mary's Hospital.
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust · Isle of Wight4w · 12 mi · 7w faster
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · Southampton3w · 19 mi · 8w faster
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · New Forest4w · 22 mi · 7w faster
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust · Worthing5w · 31 mi · 6w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford2w · 36 mi · 9w faster
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire4w · 36 mi · 7w faster
Other hospitals run by Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Queen Alexandra Hospital3 mi
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