How long is the NHS wait for Urodynamics?

There is no single national wait — it depends on which hospital you are sent to. Urodynamics waits vary between NHS trusts, sometimes several-fold, so the useful thing is to compare your own area. The table above ranks every English NHS trust that reports Urodynamics, shortest median wait first, from NHS England's DM01 diagnostic figures.

Can I choose which hospital does my Urodynamics?

For a planned, non-urgent test, often yes. In England you have a legal right, when your GP refers you, to ask to be seen at a hospital with a shorter wait — the NHS Right to Choose. Most people are never told this and go to their nearest by default. It does not apply to urgent or emergency tests.

What does "seen within 6 weeks" mean for Urodynamics?

Six weeks is the NHS operational standard for diagnostic tests — patients should wait no longer than that. The "within 6 weeks" figure for each hospital is the share of its patients who met that standard; the median is the typical wait. Both come from NHS England's monthly DM01 statistics.

Diagnostics

NHS Urodynamics waiting times

Also called: bladder pressure test.

Urodynamics is a set of tests that measure how the bladder fills, stores and empties, using small pressure sensors. It is used to investigate incontinence, an overactive or underactive bladder, and difficulty emptying the bladder. There is no single national wait: it depends heavily on which hospital you are sent to, and the spread between trusts is large. Below, every English NHS trust that reports Urodynamics is ranked by its median wait, shortest first.

Compiled by Dr Mustafa Ghafouri (MBChB, MSc) · NHS England DM01 data, July 2026

Typical trust wait

3 weeks

median across 111 trusts

Fastest trust

under 1 week

shortest published median

Hospitals compared

111

English NHS trusts reporting Urodynamics

Urodynamics waits by hospital, shortest first

Median wait and the percentage of patients seen within 6 weeks — the NHS operational standard for diagnostics. Trusts with very few patients are excluded so a median is meaningful.

#	Hospital trust	Median wait	Within 6 weeks
1	NORTHERN CARE ALLIANCE NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTSALFORD	under 1 week	100%
2	GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTLONDON	under 1 week	96%
3	SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTWARWICK	about 1 week	100%
4	LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTPRESTON	about 1 week	100%
5	GATESHEAD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTGATESHEAD	about 1 week	100%
6	SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTSHEFFIELD	about 1 week	100%
7	TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTASHTON-UNDER-LYNE	about 1 week	100%
8	GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL NHS TRUSTNUNEATON	about 1 week	100%
9	LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTLIVERPOOL	about 1 week	100%
10	SHERWOOD FOREST HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTSUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD	about 1 week	98%
11	THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, KING'S LYNN, NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTKING'S LYNN	about 1 week	96%
12	WEST HERTFORDSHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTWATFORD	about 1 week	96%
13	DONCASTER AND BASSETLAW TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTDONCASTER	about 1 week	93%
14	EAST SUFFOLK AND NORTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCOLCHESTER	about 1 week	91%
15	LONDON NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUSTHARROW	about 1 week	87%
16	UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUSTSTOKE-ON-TRENT	about 1 week	82%
17	ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTREADING	2 weeks	100%
18	CALDERDALE AND HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTHUDDERSFIELD	2 weeks	100%
19	ISLE OF WIGHT NHS TRUSTNEWPORT	2 weeks	100%
20	BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTBRISTOL	2 weeks	100%
21	GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCHELTENHAM	2 weeks	100%
22	WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTWIRRAL	2 weeks	99%
23	ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTTRURO	2 weeks	97%
24	HOMERTON HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTLONDON	2 weeks	94%
25	LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTLIVERPOOL	2 weeks	92%
26	UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF MORECAMBE BAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTKENDAL	2 weeks	86%
27	LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTLEEDS	2 weeks	82%
28	EAST AND NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE TEACHING NHS TRUSTSTEVENAGE	2 weeks	82%
29	MERSEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTPRESCOT	2 weeks	81%
30	NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE AND GOOLE NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTGRIMSBY	2 weeks	80%
31	OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTOXFORD	2 weeks	80%
32	TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTTORQUAY	2 weeks	80%
33	UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SUSSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTWORTHING	2 weeks	80%
34	HARROGATE AND DISTRICT NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTHARROGATE	2 weeks	79%
35	EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUSTST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA	2 weeks	78%
36	CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTLONDON	2 weeks	77%
37	MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTMANCHESTER	2 weeks	75%
38	WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTWORCESTER	2 weeks	72%
39	BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTROMFORD	2 weeks	71%
40	NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTNORTH SHIELDS	2 weeks	70%
41	KETTERING GENERAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTKETTERING	2 weeks	55%
42	MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTGILLINGHAM	3 weeks	100%
43	ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTLONDON	3 weeks	100%
44	THE HILLINGDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTUXBRIDGE	3 weeks	100%
45	AIREDALE NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTKEIGHLEY	3 weeks	100%
46	IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUSTLONDON	3 weeks	88%
47	BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTBRADFORD	3 weeks	82%
48	KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTLONDON	3 weeks	80%
49	SOUTH TYNESIDE AND SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTSUNDERLAND	3 weeks	79%
50	DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUSTDARTFORD	3 weeks	77%
51	THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTNEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	3 weeks	76%
52	SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTSALISBURY	3 weeks	74%
53	MID CHESHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCREWE	3 weeks	74%
54	EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTBLACKBURN	3 weeks	73%
55	ASHFORD AND ST PETER'S HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCHERTSEY	3 weeks	72%
56	NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCARLISLE	3 weeks	71%
57	BOLTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTBOLTON	3 weeks	71%
58	ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTLONDON	3 weeks	70%
59	THE ROTHERHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTROTHERHAM	3 weeks	65%
60	NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTNOTTINGHAM	4 weeks	89%
61	ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST	4 weeks	86%
62	SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTSHEFFIELD	4 weeks	81%
63	WYE VALLEY NHS TRUSTHEREFORD	4 weeks	75%
64	UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTSOUTHAMPTON	4 weeks	73%
65	COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCHESTER	4 weeks	66%
66	ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL NHS TRUSTSTANMORE	4 weeks	65%
67	CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES NHS TRUSTTHORNTON HEATH	4 weeks	65%
68	BEDFORDSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTLUTON	4 weeks	63%
69	EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTCARSHALTON	4 weeks	61%
70	ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTBATH	4 weeks	59%
71	HULL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTHULL	4 weeks	56%
72	CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCAMBRIDGE	4 weeks	56%
73	SURREY AND SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUSTREDHILL	5 weeks	79%
74	ROYAL SURREY NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTGUILDFORD	5 weeks	62%
75	MAIDSTONE AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS NHS TRUSTMAIDSTONE	5 weeks	58%
76	YORK AND SCARBOROUGH TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTYORK	5 weeks	57%
77	UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF DERBY AND BURTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTDERBY	5 weeks	54%
78	MID AND SOUTH ESSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTWESTCLIFF-ON-SEA	5 weeks	54%
79	BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUSTAMERSHAM	5 weeks	52%
80	FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCAMBERLEY	5 weeks	51%
81	STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTSTOCKPORT	6 weeks	49%
82	SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTSMETHWICK	6 weeks	49%
83	BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTBIRMINGHAM	6 weeks	49%
84	MID YORKSHIRE TEACHING NHS TRUSTWAKEFIELD	6 weeks	48%
85	SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTTAUNTON	6 weeks	48%
86	DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTDORCHESTER	6 weeks	44%
87	HAMPSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTBASINGSTOKE	6 weeks	44%
88	EAST CHESHIRE NHS TRUSTMACCLESFIELD	6 weeks	30%
89	CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCHESTERFIELD	7 weeks	45%
90	UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUSTLEICESTER	7 weeks	42%
91	UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PLYMOUTH NHS TRUSTPLYMOUTH	7 weeks	38%
92	LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUSTLONDON	7 weeks	28%
93	TEES VALLEY HOSPITALMIDDLESBROUGH	8 weeks	46%
94	NORTH CHESHIRE AND MERSEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTWARRINGTON	8 weeks	44%
95	UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTLONDON	8 weeks	37%
96	UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTLINCOLN	9 weeks	43%
97	ROYAL DEVON UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTEXETER	9 weeks	33%
98	EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCANTERBURY	9 weeks	33%
99	THE SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUSTSHREWSBURY	9 weeks	32%
100	BARNSLEY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTBARNSLEY	10 weeks	27%
101	UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTBIRMINGHAM	11 weeks	40%
102	CORNWALL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTBODMIN	11 weeks	28%
103	GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTLONDON	12 weeks	31%
104	KINGSTON AND RICHMOND NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTKINGSTON UPON THAMES	13 weeks	30%
105	MILTON KEYNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTMILTON KEYNES	13 weeks	23%
106	SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTMIDDLESBROUGH	13 weeks	19%
107	BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTBLACKPOOL	13 weeks	16%
108	BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUSTLONDON	13 weeks	14%
109	NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTNORWICH	13 weeks	8%
110	FITZWILLIAM HOSPITALPETERBOROUGH	13 weeks	7%
111	COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTDARLINGTON	13 weeks	0%

Can I choose where I have my Urodynamics?

For a planned, non-urgent diagnostic test you often can. In England you have a legal right, when your GP refers you, to ask to be seen at a different hospital — including one with a shorter wait. Most people are never told this and go to their nearest by default.

How the NHS Right to Choose works

Where these numbers come from

Waits are from NHS England's monthly Diagnostic Waiting Times and Activity (DM01) statistics, for July 2026. Each figure is the trust's median wait for that test; “within 6 weeks” is the NHS operational standard. Nothing here is medical advice — the site surfaces the published data so you and your GP can use it.

NHS England DM01 source data

Frequently asked questions

How long is the NHS wait for Urodynamics?: There is no single national wait — it depends on which hospital you are sent to. Urodynamics waits vary between NHS trusts, sometimes several-fold, so the useful thing is to compare your own area. The table above ranks every English NHS trust that reports Urodynamics, shortest median wait first, from NHS England's DM01 diagnostic figures.
Can I choose which hospital does my Urodynamics?: For a planned, non-urgent test, often yes. In England you have a legal right, when your GP refers you, to ask to be seen at a hospital with a shorter wait — the NHS Right to Choose. Most people are never told this and go to their nearest by default. It does not apply to urgent or emergency tests.
What does "seen within 6 weeks" mean for Urodynamics?: Six weeks is the NHS operational standard for diagnostic tests — patients should wait no longer than that. The "within 6 weeks" figure for each hospital is the share of its patients who met that standard; the median is the typical wait. Both come from NHS England's monthly DM01 statistics.

Compare other NHS scans and tests

All NHS diagnostic waiting times

See also our guide to NHS urology waiting times.