NHS diagnostic waits · Dudley · hearing test (audiology)

How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at Russells Hall Hospital?

The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall Hospital, and it is the current hearing test queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.

2weeks

Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)

Half of the people waiting for a hearing test (audiology) at The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 2 weeks. 6% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Russells Hall Hospital

A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Russells Hall Hospital.

  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside1w · 68 mi · 1w faster
  • Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool1w · 72 mi · 1w faster
  • Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust · Leeds1w · 90 mi · 1w faster
  • Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Bracknell Forest1w · 95 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.

  • Guest Hospital2 mi
  • Corbett Hospital3 mi

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