NHS diagnostic waits · Blackpool · hearing test (audiology)

How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at Blackpool Victoria Hospital?

The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Blackpool Victoria Hospital, and it is the current hearing test queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

7weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for a hearing test (audiology) at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 7 weeks. 58% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Blackpool Victoria Hospital

A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen3w · 23 mi · 4w faster
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 24 mi · 5w faster
  • Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool2w · 28 mi · 5w faster
  • Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 28 mi · 6w faster
  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley4w · 29 mi · 3w faster
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton5w · 30 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.

  • Fleetwood Hospital7 mi

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