How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at Warrington Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Warrington 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 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 20% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Warrington Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Warrington Hospital.
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 11 mi · 1w faster
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton2w · 13 mi · 1w faster
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 16 mi · 1w faster
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester1w · 16 mi · 2w faster
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester2w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport2w · 20 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your flexible sigmoidoscopy could be at any of them.
- Halton Hospital6 mi
- Leigh Infirmary9 mi
- Altrincham General Hospital11 mi
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