NHS diagnostic waits · Cumberland · Sleep study
Sleep study waiting time at Cumberland Infirmary
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More than half the people waiting for a sleep study at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust have already passed 13 weeks, so no median can be given.
81% have waited more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
NHS DM01 data, August 2026
Where it’s done at Cumberland Infirmary
Sleep study is done in the sleep and respiratory unit at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.
What a sleep study involves, on the NHS website →Get your free companion dashboard for snoring and sleep apnoea to support you through your journey: the faster hospitals near you and every option, compared.
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1Free on the NHS
Stay on the NHS for your scan
Wait the NHS scan queue.
2Free on the NHS
Switch to a faster NHS hospital for your scan
When your GP refers you for your sleep study, Right to Choose lets you ask to go to a faster NHS hospital.
3Part paid
Private scan, keep your NHS place
Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.
4Self funded or insured
Go fully private
The scan and any follow-up, all private.
More about North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
NHS hospitals near Cumberland
Cumberland Infirmary (current)
0 mi
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Westmorland and Furness
42 mi
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Newcastle upon Tyne
55 mi
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside
60 mi
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland
61 mi
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust · Darlington
61 mi
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough
74 mi
Median sleep study wait so far in the current queue, August 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS DM01 diagnostics data, August 2026.
The whole trust (North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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