NHS diagnostic waits · Birmingham · Hearing test
Audiology and hearing test waiting time at Heartlands Hospital
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NHS DM01 data, August 2026
Where it’s done at Heartlands Hospital
Hearing test is done in the audiology department at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.
What an audiology (hearing test) appointment involves, on the NHS website →Get your free companion dashboard for hearing loss treatment to support you through your journey: the faster hospitals near you and every option, compared.
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1Free on the NHS
Stay on the NHS for your scan
Wait the NHS scan queue. 6 weeks typical wait here.
2Free on the NHS
Switch to a faster NHS hospital for your scan
When your GP refers you for your hearing test, Right to Choose lets you ask to go to a faster NHS hospital.
3Part paid
Private scan, keep your NHS place
Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.
4Self funded or insured
Go fully private
The scan and any follow-up, all private.
More about University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
How deep the queue is now
Share of the current hearing test queue at this trust by whether they have passed six weeks, August 2026. The NHS standard is that fewer than 1% wait over six weeks.
NHS hospitals near Birmingham
Heartlands Hospital (current)
0 mi
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall
10 mi
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley
12 mi
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth
15 mi
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick
17 mi
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry
17 mi
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Worcester
25 mi
Median hearing test wait so far in the current queue, August 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS DM01 diagnostics data, August 2026.
The whole trust (University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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