How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at St Michael's Hospital?
The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Michael's 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 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 8% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Michael's Hospital
A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to St Michael's Hospital.
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cheltenham2w · 37 mi · 1w faster
- Wye Valley NHS Trust · Herefordshire, County of2w · 42 mi · 1w faster
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · New Forest2w · 59 mi · 1w faster
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · Southampton2w · 62 mi · 1w faster
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Basingstoke and Deane2w · 65 mi · 1w faster
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading2w · 71 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.
- Bristol Royal Infirmary0 mi
- Weston General Hospital19 mi
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