NHS diagnostic waits · Manchester · sleep study

How long is the wait for a sleep study at Birch Hill Hospital?

The NHS does not publish sleep study waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Birch Hill Hospital, and it is the current sleep study queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

4weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for a sleep study at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 26% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Birch Hill Hospital

A shorter sleep study queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Birch Hill Hospital.

  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 10 mi · 2w faster
  • Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust · Salford2w · 13 mi · 2w faster
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 18 mi · 2w faster
  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport2w · 18 mi · 2w faster
  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 19 mi · 2w faster
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 22 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your sleep study could be at any of them.

  • Rochdale Infirmary2 mi
  • Royal Oldham Hospital6 mi
  • Fairfield General Hospital6 mi
  • North Manchester General Hospital10 mi
  • Manchester Royal Infirmary13 mi
  • Trafford General Hospital16 mi
  • Wythenshawe Hospital19 mi

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