NHS diagnostic waits · Worcester · hearing test (audiology)

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

The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Kidderminster 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 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 31% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Kidderminster Hospital

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

  • The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley2w · 10 mi · 2w faster
  • Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham3w · 17 mi · 1w faster
  • Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust · Shropshire2w · 29 mi · 2w faster
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick3w · 29 mi · 1w faster
  • Wye Valley NHS Trust · Herefordshire, County of2w · 29 mi · 2w faster
  • Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust · Stafford3w · 30 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

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

  • Worcestershire Royal Hospital14 mi
  • Alexandra Hospital16 mi

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