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Audiology and hearing test waiting time at Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital

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This queue is beyond the NHS reporting scale

More than half the people waiting for an audiology (hearing test) appointment at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust have already passed 13 weeks, so no median can be given.

88% have waited more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

NHS DM01 data, August 2026

Where it’s done at Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital

Hearing test is done in the audiology department at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.

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Your options from here

1Free on the NHS
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Wait the NHS scan queue.
2Free on the NHS
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3Part paid
Private scan, keep your NHS place
Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.
4Self funded or insured
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More about East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

NHS hospitals near Welwyn Hatfield

Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital (current)
0 mi
off scale
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust · Welwyn Hatfield
1 mi
12 weeks
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford
13 mi
8 weeks
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent
15 mi
3 weeks
Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington
15 mi
7 weeks
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden
16 mi
2 weeks
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden
18 mi
3 weeks
Median hearing test wait so far in the current queue, August 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.

How we know this

NHS DM01 diagnostics data, August 2026.
The whole trust (East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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