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

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

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 March 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.