How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at Fordcombe Hospital?
The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, which runs Fordcombe 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 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 2% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Fordcombe Hospital
A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Fordcombe Hospital.
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon2w · 22 mi · 1w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham2w · 24 mi · 1w faster
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings2w · 24 mi · 1w faster
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust · Brighton and Hove2w · 25 mi · 1w faster
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth1w · 26 mi · 2w faster
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea2w · 29 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.
- The Tunbridge Wells Hospital5 mi
- Sevenoaks Hospital11 mi
- The Maidstone Hospital16 mi
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