NHS diagnostic waits · hearing test (audiology)
Audiology and hearing test NHS waiting times, hospital by hospital
Updated August 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. Each figure below is the current audiology and hearing test queue at the NHS trust that runs that hospital: the list as it stands this month, not a prediction. The headline is the median wait; the % is the share who have already waited more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should. Ranked shortest first.
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- Clatterbridge HospitalWirral1 week0% over 6 weeks
- King's College HospitalLambeth1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Lymington HospitalNew Forest1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Orpington HospitalBromley1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal University HospitalBromley1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Royal South Hants HospitalSouthampton1 week0% over 6 weeks
- Royal United HospitalBath and North East Somerset1 week23% over 6 weeks
- Ashford HospitalSpelthorne2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Barnet HospitalBarnet2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Basildon HospitalBasildon2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Basingstoke and North Hampshire HospitalBasingstoke and Deane2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Basingstoke General HospitalTest Valley2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Broadgreen HospitalLiverpool2 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Broomfield HospitalChelmsford2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Chase Farm HospitalEnfield2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Chelsea & Westminster HospitalKensington and Chelsea2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Cheltenham General HospitalCheltenham2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Conquest HospitalHastings2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Croydon University HospitalCroydon2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Dewsbury & District HospitalKirklees2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Eastbourne District General HospitalEastbourne2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- George Eliot HospitalNuneaton and Bedworth2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Gloucestershire Royal HospitalGloucester2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Halton HospitalHalton2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Hereford County HospitalHerefordshire, County of2 weeks9% over 6 weeks
- Kent & Canterbury HospitalCanterbury2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- King's Mill HospitalAshfield2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Newark HospitalNewark and Sherwood2 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- North Middlesex HospitalEnfield2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Pinderfields General HospitalWakefield2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Pontefract General InfirmaryWakefield2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGreenwich2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother HospitalThanet2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Queen Marys HospitalBexley2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Royal Cornwall HospitalCornwall2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Royal Free HospitalCamden2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Royal Hampshire County HospitalWinchester2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Royal Liverpool University HospitalLiverpool2 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Southend HospitalSouthend-on-Sea2 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- St Austell Surgical HubCornwall2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- St George's HospitalWandsworth2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- St Peter's HospitalRunnymede2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Tameside General HospitalTameside2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Torbay HospitalTorbay2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Torbay Hospital AnnexeTorbay2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital AintreeLiverpool2 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital LewishamLewisham2 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of HartlepoolHartlepool2 weeks7% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of North TeesStockton-on-Tees2 weeks7% over 6 weeks
- Warrington HospitalWarrington2 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- West Cornwall HospitalCornwall2 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- West Middlesex University HospitalHounslow2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- William Harvey HospitalAshford2 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Winchester County HospitalTest Valley2 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Addenbrooke's HospitalCambridge3 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- Airedale General HospitalBradford3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Bridgwater HospitalSomerset3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- Bridlington and District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- Bristol Royal InfirmaryBristol, City of3 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Burnley General HospitalBurnley3 weeks13% over 6 weeks
- Calderdale Royal HospitalCalderdale3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Central Middlesex HospitalBrent3 weeks7% over 6 weeks
- Charing Cross HospitalHammersmith and Fulham3 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Colchester General HospitalColchester3 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- County HospitalStafford3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Cumberland InfirmaryCumberland3 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- Darlington Memorial HospitalDarlington3 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Frimley Park HospitalSurrey Heath3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Furness General HospitalWestmorland and Furness3 weeks13% over 6 weeks
- Glenfield HospitalLeicester3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Guest HospitalDudley3 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Guy's HospitalSouthwark3 weeks32% over 6 weeks
- Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith and Fulham3 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Heatherwood HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Hillingdon HospitalHillingdon3 weeks18% over 6 weeks
- Hospital for Tropical DiseasesCamden3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryKirklees3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Ipswich HospitalIpswich3 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- James Paget University HospitalGreat Yarmouth3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- King George HospitalRedbridge3 weeks7% over 6 weeks
- Kingston HospitalKingston upon Thames3 weeks10% over 6 weeks
- Leicester General HospitalLeicester3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Leicester Royal InfirmaryLeicester3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Musgrove Park HospitalSomerset3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- North Manchester General HospitalManchester3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Northern General HospitalSheffield3 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- Northwick Park HospitalBrent3 weeks7% over 6 weeks
- Nottingham City HospitalNottingham3 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- Princess Anne HospitalSouthampton3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- Queen's HospitalHavering3 weeks7% over 6 weeks
- Queen's Medical CentreNottingham3 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- Rotherham District General HospitalRotherham3 weeks0% over 6 weeks
- Royal Berkshire HospitalReading3 weeks1% over 6 weeks
- Royal Blackburn HospitalBlackburn with Darwen3 weeks13% over 6 weeks
- Royal Hallamshire HospitalSheffield3 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- Royal Lancaster InfirmaryLancaster3 weeks13% over 6 weeks
- Royal Stoke University HospitalStoke-on-Trent3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Russells Hall HospitalDudley3 weeks12% over 6 weeks
- Scarborough General HospitalNorth Yorkshire3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- Shotley Bridge HospitalCounty Durham3 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- South Tyneside District HospitalSouth Tyneside3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Southampton General HospitalSouthampton3 weeks2% over 6 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalHarborough3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalWestminster3 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- St Michael's HospitalBristol, City of3 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- St Thomas' HospitalLambeth3 weeks32% over 6 weeks
- Stratford HospitalStratford-on-Avon3 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- Sunderland Royal HospitalSunderland3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- The Great Western HospitalSwindon3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- The Maidstone HospitalMaidstone3 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- The Tunbridge Wells HospitalTunbridge Wells3 weeks4% over 6 weeks
- Trafford General HospitalTrafford3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- UCLH Outreach: St Pancras HospitalCamden3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- University College HospitalCamden3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland StreetCamden3 weeks23% over 6 weeks
- University Hospital of North DurhamCounty Durham3 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Warwick HospitalWarwick3 weeks6% over 6 weeks
- West Cumberland HospitalCumberland3 weeks20% over 6 weeks
- West Suffolk HospitalWest Suffolk3 weeks17% over 6 weeks
- Westmorland General HospitalWestmorland and Furness3 weeks13% over 6 weeks
- Weston General HospitalNorth Somerset3 weeks22% over 6 weeks
- Weston Park HospitalSheffield3 weeks19% over 6 weeks
- Wexham Park HospitalSlough3 weeks14% over 6 weeks
- Wythenshawe HospitalManchester3 weeks3% over 6 weeks
- Yeovil District HospitalSomerset3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- York HospitalYork3 weeks8% over 6 weeks
- Alexandra HospitalRedditch4 weeks32% over 6 weeks
- Amersham HospitalBuckinghamshire4 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Castle Hill HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Dorothy Pattison HospitalWalsall4 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Epsom HospitalEpsom and Ewell4 weeks28% over 6 weeks
- Freeman HospitalNewcastle upon Tyne4 weeks21% over 6 weeks
- Hull Royal InfirmaryKingston upon Hull, City of4 weeks38% over 6 weeks
- Kidderminster HospitalWyre Forest4 weeks32% over 6 weeks
- Leatherhead HospitalMole Valley4 weeks28% over 6 weeks
- Macclesfield District General HospitalCheshire East4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- Northampton General HospitalWest Northamptonshire4 weeks5% over 6 weeks
- Ormskirk and District General HospitalWest Lancashire4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal HospitalTelford4 weeks32% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGateshead4 weeks35% over 6 weeks
- Royal Shrewsbury HospitalShropshire4 weeks32% over 6 weeks
- Salisbury District HospitalWiltshire4 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Southport and Formby District General HospitalSefton4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- St Helens HospitalSt. Helens4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- St Helier HospitalSutton4 weeks28% over 6 weeks
- Stoke Mandeville HospitalBuckinghamshire4 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- The Royal Victoria InfirmaryNewcastle upon Tyne4 weeks21% over 6 weeks
- Walsall Manor HospitalWalsall4 weeks39% over 6 weeks
- Whiston HospitalKnowsley4 weeks25% over 6 weeks
- Worcestershire Royal HospitalWorcester4 weeks32% over 6 weeks
- Wycombe HospitalBuckinghamshire4 weeks30% over 6 weeks
- Barnsley HospitalBarnsley5 weeks36% over 6 weeks
- Chapel Allerton HospitalLeeds5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Countess of Chester HospitalCheshire West and Chester5 weeks41% over 6 weeks
- Derriford HospitalPlymouth5 weeks41% over 6 weeks
- Fairfield General HospitalBury5 weeks40% over 6 weeks
- Friarage HospitalNorth Yorkshire5 weeks44% over 6 weeks
- Hospital of St CrossRugby5 weeks43% over 6 weeks
- Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Medway Maritime HospitalMedway5 weeks29% over 6 weeks
- Rochdale InfirmaryRochdale5 weeks40% over 6 weeks
- St James's University HospitalLeeds5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- The James Cook University HospitalMiddlesbrough5 weeks44% over 6 weeks
- The Royal Oldham HospitalOldham5 weeks40% over 6 weeks
- University HospitalCoventry5 weeks43% over 6 weeks
- Wharfedale HospitalLeeds5 weeks46% over 6 weeks
- Cannock Chase HospitalCannock Chase6 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- City HospitalBirmingham6 weeks51% over 6 weeks
- Cromer HospitalNorth Norfolk6 weeks51% over 6 weeks
- Good Hope HospitalSutton Coldfield6 weeks48% over 6 weeks
- Heartlands HospitalBirmingham6 weeks48% over 6 weeks
- Leighton HospitalCheshire East6 weeks53% over 6 weeks
- Midland Metropolitan University HospitalSandwell6 weeks51% over 6 weeks
- New Cross HospitalWolverhampton6 weeks47% over 6 weeks
- Norfolk & Norwich University HospitalSouth Norfolk6 weeks51% over 6 weeks
- North Devon District HospitalNorth Devon6 weeks48% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalBirmingham6 weeks48% over 6 weeks
- Rowley Regis HospitalSandwell6 weeks51% over 6 weeks
- Royal Bolton HospitalBolton6 weeks49% over 6 weeks
- Royal Devon & Exeter HospitalExeter6 weeks48% over 6 weeks
- Sandwell General HospitalSandwell6 weeks51% over 6 weeks
- Solihull HospitalSolihull6 weeks48% over 6 weeks
- Victoria InfirmaryCheshire West and Chester6 weeks53% over 6 weeks
- Bradford Royal InfirmaryBradford7 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield7 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildford7 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalBradford7 weeks56% over 6 weeks
- The Whittington HospitalIslington7 weeks57% over 6 weeks
- Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalNorth East Lincolnshire8 weeks58% over 6 weeks
- Goole & District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire8 weeks58% over 6 weeks
- Hinchingbrooke HospitalHuntingdonshire8 weeks62% over 6 weeks
- Peterborough City HospitalPeterborough8 weeks62% over 6 weeks
- Scunthorpe General HospitalNorth Lincolnshire8 weeks58% over 6 weeks
- St Albans City HospitalSt Albans8 weeks62% over 6 weeks
- Stepping Hill HospitalStockport8 weeks54% over 6 weeks
- Watford General HospitalWatford8 weeks62% over 6 weeks
- Brighton General HospitalBrighton and Hove9 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- Mile End HospitalTower Hamlets9 weeks67% over 6 weeks
- Newham General HospitalNewham9 weeks67% over 6 weeks
- Princess Royal HospitalMid Sussex9 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- Queen's Hospital BurtonBurton upon Trent9 weeks58% over 6 weeks
- Royal Derby HospitalDerby9 weeks58% over 6 weeks
- Royal Sussex County HospitalBrighton and Hove9 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- Southlands HospitalAdur9 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- St Bartholomew's HospitalCity of London9 weeks67% over 6 weeks
- St Richards HospitalChichester9 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- The Royal London HospitalTower Hamlets9 weeks67% over 6 weeks
- Whipps Cross University HospitalWaltham Forest9 weeks67% over 6 weeks
- Worthing HospitalWorthing9 weeks61% over 6 weeks
- Leigh InfirmaryWigan11 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryWigan11 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- Wrightington HospitalWest Lancashire11 weeks64% over 6 weeks
- Blackpool Victoria HospitalBlackpool12 weeks67% over 6 weeks
- Harrogate District HospitalNorth Yorkshire12 weeks66% over 6 weeks
- Churchill HospitalOxford13 weeks78% over 6 weeks
- Horton General HospitalCherwell13 weeks78% over 6 weeks
- John Radcliffe HospitalOxford13 weeks78% over 6 weeks
- Nuffield Orthopaedic CentreOxford13 weeks78% over 6 weeks
- Bassetlaw HospitalBassetlaw13+ weeks76% over 6 weeks
- Bedford HospitalBedford13+ weeks89% over 6 weeks
- Chorley & South Ribble HospitalChorley13+ weeks81% over 6 weeks
- County Hospital LouthEast Lindsey13+ weeks83% over 6 weeks
- Doncaster Royal InfirmaryDoncaster13+ weeks76% over 6 weeks
- Grantham & District HospitalGrantham13+ weeks83% over 6 weeks
- Johnson HospitalSouth Holland13+ weeks83% over 6 weeks
- Kettering General HospitalNorth Northamptonshire13+ weeks80% over 6 weeks
- Lincoln County HospitalLincoln13+ weeks83% over 6 weeks
- Lister HospitalStevenage13+ weeks88% over 6 weeks
- Luton & Dunstable HospitalLuton13+ weeks89% over 6 weeks
- Milton Keynes HospitalMilton Keynes13+ weeks73% over 6 weeks
- Montagu HospitalDoncaster13+ weeks76% over 6 weeks
- Pilgrim HospitalBoston13+ weeks83% over 6 weeks
- Princess Alexandra HospitalHarlow13+ weeks76% over 6 weeks
- Queen Alexandra HospitalPortsmouth13+ weeks81% over 6 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth I I HospitalWelwyn Hatfield13+ weeks88% over 6 weeks
- Royal Preston HospitalPreston13+ weeks81% over 6 weeks
- The Queen Elizabeth HospitalKing's Lynn and West Norfolk13+ weeks90% over 6 weeks
Hospitals with no reported figure
These trusts do not report their hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England, so we show no number. Each page explains why.
- Christchurch Hospital · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- Crawley Hospital · CrawleyDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- Darent Valley Hospital · DartfordDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- Dorset County Hospital · DorsetDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- East Surrey Hospital · Reigate and BansteadDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- Hexham General Hospital · NorthumberlandDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- Homerton University Hospital · HackneyDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- North Tyneside General Hospital · North TynesideDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital · NorthumberlandDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- Poole Hospital · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- St Mary's Hospital · Isle of WightDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- St Mary's Hospital · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
- Wansbeck General Hospital · NorthumberlandDoes not report hearing test (audiology) waiting times to NHS England.
239 hospitals with a reported hearing test queue, plus 14 without. Each figure is the trust's current DM01 waiting list: a snapshot this month, not a prediction, and the NHS publishes one figure per trust, not per hospital.
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