NHS diagnostic waits · Torbay · flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test)

How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Teignmouth Hospital?

The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Teignmouth Hospital, and it is the current flexible sigmoidoscopy queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

3weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 26% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Teignmouth Hospital

A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Teignmouth Hospital.

  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Cornwall2w · 72 mi · 1w faster
  • North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 77 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.

  • Torbay Hospital5 mi
  • Torbay Hospital Annexe5 mi
  • Paignton Hospital8 mi

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