Whether it’s snoring, talking, fidgeting or duvet hugging, sharing a bed with a partner can lead to disturbed sleep and recent research has shown that sleep ing in separate beds can not only help to save your relationship but also your health.

Surrey University found that people who slept in different bedrooms were less likely to have arguments about disturbances during the night from their partners. Poor sleep patterns can not only lead to loss of sleep , but also increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and divorce. The ideal amount of sleep is seven and half hours a night, yet only a third of adults in the UK regularly have less than five hours and lose on average two years of sleep during their lives.

Despite these findings, couples are hesitant to sleep apart because of social expectations, just eight percent of people in their 40s and 50s have different bedrooms, although separate beds are more common in old age, with 40% of those aged 70 plus sleep ing apart.

If your sleep is being affected by your partner but are uncomfortable sleep ing in a different bed, you may both benefit from buying a better quality mattress with proper support, while a pocket sprung mattress would be ideal, as it is designed with individual springs that only move where a person places their weight. Buying a larger sized bed and mattress like a king size or super king size would also provide a wider sleep ing space. Silentnight’s range of beds and mattresses would also help improve your sleep with their ‘no roll together’ feature.