Carpal tunnel surgery · Bedford · Trauma and orthopaedics
Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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weeks
Actual referral-to-treatment wait in August 2026.
NHS RTT data, August 2026
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About carpal tunnel syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome happens when a nerve in the wrist (the median nerve) is squeezed. It causes tingling, numbness or pain in the thumb and first fingers, often worse at night, and can weaken your grip.
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How long people have been waiting
3,382
4,044
0 to 18 weeks
Over 18 weeks
People on the trauma and orthopaedics waiting list now, split by whether they have passed the 18-week target, August 2026. Whole specialty.
Before treatment: the nerve conduction test queue
A nerve conduction test is one of the scans often used before treatment, and it is a separate NHS queue. At Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical nerve conduction test wait is 3 weeks, with 6% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).
See the full nerve conduction test queue at Bedford Hospital and faster scan alternativesNHS hospitals near Bedford
Bedford Hospital (current)
0 mi
33 weeks
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes
13 mi
20 weeks
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · North Northamptonshire
22 mi
31 weeks
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge
26 mi
26 weeks
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire
33 mi
18 weeks
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust · Peterborough
33 mi
21 weeks
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow
34 mi
30 weeks
Weeks waited by patients treated in August 2026, whole specialty, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS RTT data, August 2026.
Trauma and orthopaedics as a whole, not carpal tunnel surgery alone.
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