How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at St Albans City Hospital?
The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs St Albans City 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 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have waited longer than 9 weeks. 63% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Albans City Hospital
A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Albans City Hospital.
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent2w · 13 mi · 7w faster
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire4w · 14 mi · 5w faster
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 16 mi · 7w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington7w · 16 mi · 2w faster
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon3w · 17 mi · 6w faster
- West London NHS Trust · Ealing7w · 18 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.
- Watford General Hospital8 mi
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