NHS diagnostic waits · Cornwall · 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 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS 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.

8weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a sleep study at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 8 weeks. 57% 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.

  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth5w · 60 mi · 3w faster
  • Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay1w · 85 mi · 7w faster
  • Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Exeter6w · 92 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

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

  • West Cornwall Hospital7 mi
  • Bolitho Hospital7 mi
  • Royal Cornwall Hospital16 mi
  • Duchy Hospital16 mi
  • St Austell Surgical Hub31 mi

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