NHS waiting times · Camden · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a carpal tunnel surgery at Chase Farm Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Chase Farm Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

53weeks

Updated June 2026 · (Referral to Treatment — the NHS wait-time framework)

This is how long 8 in 10 patients wait for the whole Trauma & Orthopaedics specialty at this trust, from GP referral to the start of treatment — the NHS does not publish a wait for carpal tunnel surgery on its own.

Before treatment: the scan wait too

1weekstypical nerve conduction test wait · June 2026

A nerve conduction test is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust the typical nerve conduction test wait is 1 weeks, with 2% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See Chase Farm Hospital's full nerve conduction test queue and faster scan alternatives →

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Chase Farm Hospital

Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Chase Farm Hospital.

  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 7 mi · 16w faster
  • Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney52w · 8 mi · 1w faster
  • Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow38w · 9 mi · 15w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 10 mi · 22w faster
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster49w · 11 mi · 4w faster
  • The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow51w · 11 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.

  • St Michael's Hospital1 mi
  • North Middlesex Hospital4 mi
  • Hadley Wood Hospital4 mi
  • Barnet Hospital5 mi
  • Royal Free Hospital8 mi
  • Mount Vernon Hospital15 mi

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