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 Royal Free London 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 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 41% 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.
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington2w · 7 mi · 2w faster
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 8 mi · 2w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 10 mi · 2w faster
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 11 mi · 2w faster
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster2w · 11 mi · 2w faster
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent2w · 12 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Chase Farm Hospital1 mi
- North Middlesex Hospital3 mi
- Hadley Wood Hospital5 mi
- Barnet Hospital6 mi
- Royal Free Hospital8 mi
- Mount Vernon Hospital16 mi
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