How long is the wait for a hearing test (audiology) at Whipps Cross University Hospital?
The NHS does not publish hearing test waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs Whipps Cross University 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 Barts Health NHS Trust have waited longer than 12 weeks. 71% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Whipps Cross University Hospital
A shorter hearing test queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to Whipps Cross University Hospital.
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington7w · 6 mi · 5w faster
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 7 mi · 10w faster
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · Camden5w · 7 mi · 7w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden2w · 7 mi · 10w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering3w · 8 mi · 9w faster
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth4w · 8 mi · 8w faster
Other hospitals run by Barts Health NHS Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your hearing test could be at any of them.
- Wanstead Hospital1 mi
- Mile End Hospital4 mi
- Newham General Hospital4 mi
- The Royal London Hospital5 mi
- St Bartholomew's Hospital6 mi
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