How long is the wait for a flexible sigmoidoscopy (bowel camera test) at West Suffolk Hospital?
The NHS does not publish flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, which runs West Suffolk 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 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 6 weeks. 52% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of West Suffolk Hospital
A shorter flexible sigmoidoscopy queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to West Suffolk Hospital.
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Colchester3w · 24 mi · 3w faster
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge2w · 24 mi · 4w faster
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · South Norfolk4w · 34 mi · 2w faster
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust · King's Lynn and West Norfolk2w · 38 mi · 4w faster
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow5w · 41 mi · 1w faster
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust · Stevenage5w · 45 mi · 1w faster
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