Home Scans and tests Flexible sigmoidoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times in England Flexible sigmoidoscopy waiting times at every NHS and independent provider in England. A flexible sigmoidoscopy examines the lower part of the bowel. It is quicker than a full colonoscopy and needs less preparation.
33% of the 23,541 people waiting in England in August 2026 had waited over six weeks. 15,434 tests were done in the month. 142 providers with figures, smallest share over six weeks first.
Provider Over six weeks Waiting Done in month Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge, East of England 0% 166 179 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Havering, London 0% 142 116 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Westminster, London 0% 127 91 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 88 116 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Hartlepool, North East 0% 80 39 The Living Care Group Free on the NHS Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 78 78 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Dartford, South East 0% 64 102 Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Guildford, South East 0% 55 83 Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth Free on the NHS Portsmouth, South East 0% 48 100 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 37 59 Westcliffe Health Innovations Ltd 0% 36 86 London Independent Hospital Free on the NHS Tower Hamlets, London 0% 33 16 The Grange Medical Centre Hq Free on the NHS Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 32 20 Eastwood Endoscopy Centre 0% 32 96 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland, North East 0% 30 121 Meriden Hospital Free on the NHS Coventry, West Midlands 0% 26 30 Berkshire West Community Endoscopy Service 0% 25 32 Clementine Churchill Hospital Free on the NHS Harrow, London 0% 21 10 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn with Darwen, North West 1% 117 143 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick, West Midlands 1% 110 93 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber 1% 191 141 St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wandsworth, London 1% 89 109 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber 1% 139 169 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry, West Midlands 2% 62 51 United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln, East Midlands 2% 175 226 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cheshire West and Chester, North West 2% 55 90 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North Tyneside, North East 2% 108 164 Whittington Health NHS Trust Islington, London 2% 53 56 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Hastings, South East 2% 83 2 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton, West Midlands 2% 81 69 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber 3% 114 180 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Westmorland and Furness, North West 3% 67 139 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston, North West 3% 66 22 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Buckinghamshire, South East 3% 66 2 Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Tameside, North West 3% 64 87 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes, South East 4% 57 91 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan, North West 4% 85 45 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Watford, East of England 4% 242 55 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Bolton, North West 4% 72 62 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Ashfield, East Midlands 4% 70 98 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber 5% 86 75 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Camden, London 5% 62 93 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kensington and Chelsea, London 5% 184 83 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber 5% 61 141 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall, West Midlands 5% 117 100 Inhealth Limited Free on the NHS Buckinghamshire, South East 5% 76 68 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester, North West 6% 218 305 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport, North West 7% 86 94 Woodlands Hospital Free on the NHS Darlington, North East 7% 27 10 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Cumberland, North West 9% 94 144 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton Free on the NHS Southampton, South East 9% 23 32 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Hillingdon, London 9% 45 40 Spire Liverpool Hospital Free on the NHS Liverpool, North West 9% 22 9 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Harlow, East of England 9% 22 63 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough, North East 10% 102 132 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Cornwall, South West 10% 71 115 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Bristol, City of, South West 10% 293 251 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South Norfolk, East of England 11% 208 89 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth, London 11% 168 167 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester, West Midlands 11% 132 146 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester, East Midlands 12% 217 335 Beaumont Hospital Free on the NHS Bolton, North West 12% 34 29 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, South West 12% 118 61 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Brent, London 12% 151 211 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Surrey Heath, South East 14% 267 286 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool, North West 14% 79 78 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Lewisham, London 14% 120 54 Glendon Wood Hospital Free on the NHS North Northamptonshire, East Midlands 14% 28 57 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington, North West 15% 81 101 Rivers Hospital Free on the NHS East Hertfordshire, East of England 15% 20 18 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Hackney, London 15% 98 103 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York, Yorkshire and The Humber 16% 166 153 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury, South East 16% 165 60 East Cheshire NHS Trust Cheshire East, North West 17% 84 100 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton, South East 17% 83 58 Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation Trust 17% 82 89 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley, West Midlands 17% 240 167 Community Health and Eyecare Limited Free on the NHS Preston, North West 18% 50 17 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading, South East 18% 116 142 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone, South East 18% 181 245 Woodland Hospital Free on the NHS North Northamptonshire, East Midlands 19% 21 18 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Reigate and Banstead, South East 19% 188 157 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Croydon, London 19% 145 90 Buckshaw Hospital Free on the NHS South Ribble, North West 20% 46 31 Tees Valley Hospital Free on the NHS Middlesbrough, North East 21% 34 16 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Gateshead, North East 21% 100 80 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber 22% 65 35 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust North Northamptonshire, East Midlands 23% 164 112 Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet Free on the NHS Somerset, South West 23% 31 26 Renacres Hospital Free on the NHS West Lancashire, North West 23% 22 6 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington, North East 23% 170 161 Medway NHS Foundation Trust Medway, South East 23% 163 94 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter, South West 23% 274 224 Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd Free on the NHS Gateshead, North East 24% 21 8 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Knowsley, North West 25% 285 153 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath and North East Somerset, South West 25% 79 62 The Yorkshire Clinic Free on the NHS Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber 26% 39 32 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester, East of England 26% 260 267 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust King's Lynn and West Norfolk, East of England 26% 34 40 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West 29% 451 246 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shropshire, West Midlands 29% 255 154 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham, East Midlands 30% 426 310 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorset, South West 30% 93 40 Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Chesterfield, East Midlands 31% 133 68 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Sutton, London 31% 207 66 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth, East of England 32% 116 101 King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth, London 34% 264 151 University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust 34% 204 89 Isle of Wight NHS Trust Isle of Wight, South East 35% 54 40 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral, North West 36% 178 34 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Camden, London 39% 315 241 Wye Valley NHS Trust Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands 39% 123 59 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Somerset, South West 39% 423 124 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Wiltshire, South West 40% 88 46 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham, South West 41% 290 276 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber 42% 258 131 The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne, North East 42% 224 13 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, North West 45% 388 339 Beacon Medical Services Group Limited Free on the NHS Manchester, North West 45% 99 19 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing, South East 46% 703 410 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton and Bedworth, West Midlands 47% 189 81 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford, North West 47% 384 3 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage, East of England 47% 185 70 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheshire East, North West 49% 253 166 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton, East of England 51% 368 197 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford, South East 51% 376 161 Blakelands Hospital Free on the NHS Milton Keynes, South East 53% 53 44 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham, West Midlands 54% 581 271 Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Runnymede, South East 54% 255 139 Barts Health NHS Trust Tower Hamlets, London 56% 641 19 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 59% 460 102 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby, East Midlands 62% 785 206 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands 62% 153 162 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Peterborough, East of England 64% 326 1 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Sandwell, West Midlands 64% 424 48 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust North East Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber 65% 474 131 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 65% 157 29 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth, South East 67% 298 102 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust West Suffolk, East of England 67% 214 14 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Southend-on-Sea, East of England 68% 654 209 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke and Deane, South East 69% 368 114 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames, London 69% 255 112
Providers with fewer than 20 people waiting are not listed.
NHS England figures, August 2026 . Checked for new figures 14 October 2026 . About the data .
Questions people ask How long is the wait for an NHS flexible sigmoidoscopy? It depends where you are referred. In August 2026, 33% of the 23,541 people waiting for a flexible sigmoidoscopy in England had waited over six weeks. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST had the smallest share over six weeks among providers with 20 or more people waiting. The six-week figure is what NHS England publishes; it does not publish an average wait for tests.
Can I have my flexible sigmoidoscopy somewhere quicker? Often, yes. You can ask the person referring you to send the request to a different hospital, or to an independent provider that does the test for the NHS. The table above shows who has the shortest waits. For urgent cases, including suspected cancer, the test is prioritised and these routine figures do not apply.
What does "over six weeks" mean? NHS England's standard is that fewer than 1 in 100 people should wait more than six weeks from the request to the test. The share over six weeks is the simplest measure of how far a hospital is from that standard. 20 of the 142 providers listed meet it this month.
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