GP · Oxford MSc Sleep Medicine · Trustee, The Sleep Charity
Jonathan Sunkersing
All systems that rely on human judgement rely on sleep. Almost none account for it. That is the missing variable. Those with least pay most.
LATEST · THE UK SLEEP PRESCRIBING MONITOR · OCTOBER 2026
The UK Sleep Prescribing Monitor
An annual, independent analysis of sleep-related prescribing in English primary care, built entirely from public data.
Essays published throughout the year on sleep medicine, NHS systems, and health equity.
7.92 million
Hypnotic prescriptions dispensed in England every year, one every 4 seconds
80%
of OSA cases in the UK remain undiagnosed
25%
more hypnotic prescribing, by practices serving England’s more deprived regions
Sources: UK Sleep Prescribing Monitor 2026, 12 months to July 2026; Rehman et al, Thorax.