How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at Princess Royal Hospital?
The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Princess Royal 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 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 8 weeks. 59% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Princess Royal Hospital
A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Princess Royal Hospital.
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust · Brighton and Hove2w · 11 mi · 6w faster
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton3w · 27 mi · 5w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford6w · 28 mi · 2w faster
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon2w · 28 mi · 6w faster
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings2w · 29 mi · 6w faster
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames4w · 30 mi · 4w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.
- Lewes Victoria Hospital9 mi
- Brighton General Hospital11 mi
- Royal Sussex County Hospital12 mi
- Southlands Hospital13 mi
- Worthing Hospital17 mi
- St Richards Hospital31 mi
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