NHS diagnostic waits · County Durham · hearing test (audiology)
Audiology and hearing test waiting time at University Hospital of North Durham
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NHS DM01 data, July 2026
Audiology at University Hospital of North Durham
hearing test (audiology) is carried out by the Audiology department at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.
What an audiology (hearing test) appointment involves, on the NHS website →Your options from here
1Free on the NHS
Stay on the NHS for your scan
Wait the NHS scan queue. 3 wks typical wait here.
2Free on the NHS
Switch to a faster NHS hospital for your scan
When your GP refers you for your hearing test, Right to Choose lets you ask to go to a faster NHS hospital.
3Part paid
Private scan, keep your NHS place
Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.
4Self funded or insured
Go fully private
The scan and any follow-up, all private.
More about County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
How deep the queue is now
Share of the current hearing test queue at this trust by whether they have passed six weeks, July 2026. The NHS standard is that fewer than 1% wait over six weeks.
NHS hospitals near County Durham
University Hospital of North Durham (current)
0 mi
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool
16 mi
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust · Leeds
71 mi
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · Wakefield
75 mi
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust · Wakefield
76 mi
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside
92 mi
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester
95 mi
Median hearing test wait so far in the current queue, July 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS DM01 diagnostics data, July 2026.
The whole trust (County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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