NHS diagnostic waits · Bristol, City of · sleep study

How long is the wait for a sleep study at St Michael's Hospital?

The NHS does not publish sleep study waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Michael's 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 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 11% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Michael's Hospital

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

  • North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of2w · 2 mi · 2w faster
  • Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset3w · 38 mi · 1w faster
  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset3w · 52 mi · 1w faster
  • Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Worcester1w · 54 mi · 3w faster
  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2w · 58 mi · 2w faster
  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Oxford3w · 63 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Bristol Royal Infirmary0 mi
  • Weston General Hospital19 mi

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