How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at South Hams Hospital?
The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, which runs South Hams 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 Plymouth NHS Trust have waited longer than 4 weeks. 35% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of South Hams Hospital
A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to South Hams Hospital.
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay3w · 17 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Cornwall2w · 58 mi · 2w faster
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset3w · 58 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of3w · 96 mi · 1w faster
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset3w · 97 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.
- Derriford Hospital17 mi
- Tavistock Hospital24 mi
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