Home Scans and tests Sleep study Sleep study waiting times in England Sleep study waiting times at every NHS and independent provider in England. A sleep study records breathing and oxygen overnight, usually to diagnose sleep apnoea. It is often done at home with a kit you collect.
35% of the 42,276 people waiting in England in August 2026 had waited over six weeks. 22,957 tests were done in the month. 102 providers with figures, smallest share over six weeks first.
Provider Over six weeks Waiting Done in month Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 670 498 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Wirral, North West 0% 460 189 Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 424 286 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Surrey Heath, South East 0% 326 337 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dorset, South West 0% 201 128 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust North Tyneside, North East 0% 180 294 Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Hackney, London 0% 101 115 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust Croydon, London 0% 88 148 Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Knowsley, North West 0% 50 41 Isle of Wight NHS Trust Isle of Wight, South East 0% 40 96 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Stockport, North West 0% 35 34 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 26 48 Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Tameside, North West 0% 22 30 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber 0% 411 253 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, North West 0% 647 374 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West 0% 203 712 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Walsall, West Midlands 1% 193 103 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust Sandwell, West Midlands 1% 186 1 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Preston, North West 1% 167 84 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn with Darwen, North West 1% 333 112 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber 1% 191 254 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber 1% 89 64 East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Stevenage, East of England 1% 84 162 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Westmorland and Furness, North West 1% 162 221 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Warrington, North West 1% 223 245 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Wiltshire, South West 1% 134 109 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton, West Midlands 2% 337 303 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester, West Midlands 2% 375 340 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cheshire West and Chester, North West 2% 134 110 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Dudley, West Midlands 2% 492 326 University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Coventry, West Midlands 2% 164 219 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Havering, London 3% 291 89 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone, South East 3% 94 149 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford, North West 3% 496 213 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Camden, London 4% 332 413 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham, West Midlands 4% 524 108 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wigan, North West 4% 68 176 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Nottingham, East Midlands 5% 441 325 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Great Yarmouth, East of England 5% 142 98 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Cornwall, South West 6% 153 262 South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick, West Midlands 6% 68 47 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shropshire, West Midlands 7% 228 201 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Ashfield, East Midlands 8% 286 313 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Reigate and Banstead, South East 8% 26 47 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Camden, London 8% 151 129 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Worthing, South East 9% 140 71 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Blackpool, North West 10% 270 289 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Westminster, London 10% 448 132 Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, North West 11% 380 292 King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth, London 12% 638 435 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands 12% 840 525 Torbay And South Devon NHS Foundation Trust 13% 30 88 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Bristol, City of, South West 14% 402 340 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Milton Keynes, South East 17% 442 241 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York, Yorkshire and The Humber 17% 208 145 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Lewisham, London 19% 154 154 Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Somerset, South West 21% 278 446 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Southend-on-Sea, East of England 24% 390 432 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Camden, London 25% 394 475 Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber 25% 77 112 University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust 25% 28 6 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Darlington, North East 27% 638 375 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford, South East 28% 301 396 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Lambeth, London 29% 1,930 1,319 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cheltenham, South West 29% 229 140 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge, East of England 29% 96 95 Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Mid Sussex, South East 31% 1,460 931 The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne, North East 33% 46 28 Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Runnymede, South East 35% 217 83 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South Norfolk, East of England 36% 224 205 St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Wandsworth, London 36% 635 201 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Colchester, East of England 36% 695 214 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Derby, East Midlands 39% 470 130 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester, North West 39% 2,167 564 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southampton, South East 40% 372 261 Whittington Health NHS Trust Islington, London 41% 34 16 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton and Bedworth, West Midlands 44% 273 170 Wye Valley NHS Trust Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands 45% 257 36 Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Exeter, South West 46% 418 102 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Reading, South East 48% 297 47 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Canterbury, South East 51% 1,221 455 South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Sunderland, North East 53% 1,028 233 Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber 53% 1,226 384 Barts Health NHS Trust Tower Hamlets, London 55% 602 343 Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge, East of England 55% 3,048 785 London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Brent, London 56% 611 216 The Yorkshire Clinic Free on the NHS Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber 59% 576 2 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, South West 59% 370 165 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Kensington and Chelsea, London 61% 278 242 Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham, West Midlands 61% 150 35 East Cheshire NHS Trust Cheshire East, North West 62% 231 40 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough, North East 69% 94 202 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Leicester, East Midlands 70% 634 156 Medway NHS Foundation Trust Medway, South East 71% 414 141 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Portsmouth, South East 71% 782 175 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke and Deane, South East 76% 628 0 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Luton, East of England 77% 651 162 Woodthorpe Hospital Free on the NHS Gedling, East Midlands 78% 37 0 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Kingston upon Thames, London 79% 619 66 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 81% 1,425 212 North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Cumberland, North West 81% 1,134 133 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 98% 107 62
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 sleep study? It depends where you are referred. In August 2026, 35% of the 42,276 people waiting for a sleep study in England had waited over six weeks. LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS 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 sleep study 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 102 providers listed meet it this month.
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