How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at Rochdale Infirmary?
The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Rochdale Infirmary, 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 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 5 weeks. 46% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Rochdale Infirmary
A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Rochdale Infirmary.
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside1w · 10 mi · 4w faster
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester2w · 11 mi · 3w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees3w · 14 mi · 2w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen3w · 15 mi · 2w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan2w · 20 mi · 3w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford2w · 21 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.
- Birch Hill Hospital2 mi
- Fairfield General Hospital4 mi
- The Royal Oldham Hospital5 mi
- Oaklands Hospital11 mi
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