How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at The Royal London Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs The Royal London 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 Barts Health NHS Trust have waited longer than 8 weeks. 60% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of The Royal London Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to The Royal London Hospital.
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney2w · 2 mi · 6w faster
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth2w · 3 mi · 6w faster
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden7w · 3 mi · 1w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 3 mi · 6w faster
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth5w · 4 mi · 3w faster
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden4w · 5 mi · 4w faster
Other hospitals run by Barts Health NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Mile End Hospital1 mi
- St Bartholomew's Hospital2 mi
- Newham General Hospital4 mi
- Whipps Cross University Hospital5 mi
- Wanstead Hospital6 mi
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