NHS diagnostic waits · Manchester · sleep study

How long is the wait for a sleep study at North Manchester General Hospital?

The NHS does not publish sleep study waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs North Manchester General 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 North Manchester General Hospital

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

  • Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust · Salford2w · 4 mi · 2w faster
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside2w · 7 mi · 2w faster
  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport2w · 10 mi · 2w faster
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 17 mi · 2w faster
  • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington2w · 18 mi · 2w faster
  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley2w · 24 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.

  • Manchester Royal Infirmary4 mi
  • Royal Oldham Hospital5 mi
  • Fairfield General Hospital6 mi
  • Trafford General Hospital7 mi
  • Rochdale Infirmary8 mi
  • Wythenshawe Hospital9 mi
  • Birch Hill Hospital10 mi

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