How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at The Great Western Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs The Great Western 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 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 21% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of The Great Western Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to The Great Western Hospital.
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading2w · 34 mi · 2w faster
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 37 mi · 2w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 38 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · Southampton3w · 44 mi · 1w faster
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust · Surrey Heath3w · 45 mi · 1w faster
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Worcester3w · 49 mi · 1w faster
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