How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at Basildon Hospital?
The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Basildon Hospital, and it is the current hearing test queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.
Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
Half of the people waiting for a hearing test (audiology) at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 11% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Basildon Hospital
A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Basildon Hospital.
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth1w · 28 mi · 1w faster
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Bracknell Forest1w · 52 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.
- Orsett Hospital5 mi
- Southend Hospital10 mi
- Mid Essex Hospital15 mi
- St Michael's Hospital23 mi
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