How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at St Richards Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Richards 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 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 47% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Richards Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Richards Hospital.
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust · Isle of Wight4w · 25 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford2w · 28 mi · 3w faster
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · Southampton3w · 30 mi · 2w faster
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust · Surrey Heath3w · 33 mi · 2w faster
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · New Forest4w · 34 mi · 1w faster
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead3w · 37 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Worthing Hospital18 mi
- Southlands Hospital22 mi
- Royal Sussex County Hospital28 mi
- Brighton General Hospital29 mi
- Princess Royal Hospital31 mi
- Lewes Victoria Hospital33 mi
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