How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at The Maidstone Hospital?
The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, which runs The Maidstone 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 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 2% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of The Maidstone Hospital
A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to The Maidstone Hospital.
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Southend-on-Sea2w · 21 mi · 1w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham2w · 25 mi · 1w faster
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust · Canterbury2w · 26 mi · 1w faster
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon2w · 27 mi · 1w faster
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings2w · 27 mi · 1w faster
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth1w · 30 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.
- The Tunbridge Wells Hospital12 mi
- Sevenoaks Hospital13 mi
- Fordcombe Hospital16 mi
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