How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at The Tunbridge Wells Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, which runs The Tunbridge Wells 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 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 37% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of The Tunbridge Wells Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to The Tunbridge Wells Hospital.
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway2w · 19 mi · 3w faster
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford2w · 20 mi · 3w faster
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead3w · 21 mi · 2w faster
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings2w · 21 mi · 3w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham3w · 25 mi · 2w faster
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton3w · 27 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Fordcombe Hospital5 mi
- Sevenoaks Hospital11 mi
- The Maidstone Hospital12 mi
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