How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at Leighton Hospital?
The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Leighton 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 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 43% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Leighton Hospital
A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Leighton Hospital.
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent3w · 14 mi · 2w faster
- East Cheshire NHS Trust · Cheshire East4w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington3w · 20 mi · 2w faster
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley4w · 25 mi · 1w faster
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 26 mi · 3w faster
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust · Stafford3w · 26 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.
- Victoria Infirmary10 mi
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