NHS diagnostic waits · Oxford · hearing test (audiology)

How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre?

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

12weeks

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

Half of the people waiting for a hearing test (audiology) at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 12 weeks. 76% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

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

  • Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading2w · 24 mi · 10w faster
  • Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire4w · 26 mi · 8w faster
  • Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon3w · 27 mi · 9w faster
  • Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Bracknell Forest1w · 31 mi · 11w faster
  • Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Basingstoke and Deane2w · 33 mi · 10w faster
  • West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford9w · 35 mi · 3w faster

Other hospitals run by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Churchill Hospital0 mi
  • John Radcliffe Hospital1 mi
  • Horton General Hospital21 mi
  • The Foscote Hospital21 mi
  • The Cherwell Hospital21 mi

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