NHS diagnostic waits · Birmingham · hearing test (audiology)

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

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

4weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a hearing test (audiology) at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 41% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Good Hope Hospital

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

  • Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham3w · 7 mi · 1w faster
  • The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley2w · 14 mi · 2w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth3w · 15 mi · 1w faster
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick3w · 21 mi · 1w faster
  • Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust · Stafford3w · 21 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester3w · 29 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Heartlands Hospital6 mi
  • The Harborne Hospital9 mi
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital10 mi
  • Solihull Hospital11 mi

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