How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at St Michael's Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Michael'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 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 16% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Michael's Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Michael's Hospital.
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 2 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading2w · 71 mi · 1w faster
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick2w · 72 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry2w · 83 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford2w · 87 mi · 1w faster
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust · Shropshire2w · 87 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Bristol Royal Infirmary0 mi
- Weston General Hospital19 mi
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