NHS diagnostic waits · Derby · hearing test (audiology)

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

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

10weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a hearing test (audiology) at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 10 weeks. 61% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Burton Hospital

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

  • Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust · Stafford3w · 19 mi · 7w faster
  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · Nottingham2w · 21 mi · 8w faster
  • Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall6w · 22 mi · 4w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth3w · 22 mi · 7w faster
  • Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust · Blaby9w · 23 mi · 1w faster
  • The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · Wolverhampton6w · 24 mi · 4w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Royal Derby Hospital9 mi

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