How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at Royal Derby Hospital?
The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Derby 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 of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 10 weeks. 61% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Derby Hospital
A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Royal Derby Hospital.
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · Nottingham2w · 14 mi · 8w faster
- Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust · Blaby9w · 22 mi · 1w faster
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Chesterfield6w · 23 mi · 4w faster
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester3w · 25 mi · 7w faster
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust · Stafford3w · 26 mi · 7w faster
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth3w · 28 mi · 7w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.
- Burton Hospital9 mi
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