How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?
The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth 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 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 28% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Queen Elizabeth Hospital
A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Newcastle upon Tyne2w · 4 mi · 2w faster
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland3w · 7 mi · 1w faster
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool2w · 22 mi · 2w faster
- County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust · Darlington3w · 28 mi · 1w faster
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Cumberland3w · 55 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust · Westmorland and Furness2w · 64 mi · 2w faster
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