NHS diagnostic waits · Sunderland · sleep study

How long is the wait for a sleep study at South Tyneside District Hospital?

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

6weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a sleep study at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 6 weeks. 48% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of South Tyneside District Hospital

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

  • Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside2w · 4 mi · 4w faster
  • The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Newcastle upon Tyne3w · 7 mi · 3w faster
  • County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust · Darlington4w · 31 mi · 2w faster
  • Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire2w · 68 mi · 4w faster
  • University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Westmorland and Furness3w · 69 mi · 3w faster
  • York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · York3w · 71 mi · 3w faster

Other hospitals run by South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Sunderland Royal Hospital5 mi
  • University Hospital of North Durham14 mi

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