Carpal tunnel surgery · North East Lincolnshire · Trauma and orthopaedics
Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole 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
1,706
1,165
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 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust the typical nerve conduction test wait is 6 weeks, with 50% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).
See the full nerve conduction test queue at Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital and faster scan alternativesNHS hospitals near North East Lincolnshire
Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital (current)
0 mi
26 weeks
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Ashfield
55 mi
21 weeks
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust · Wakefield
58 mi
19 weeks
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Barnsley
58 mi
24 weeks
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire
66 mi
26 weeks
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust · Peterborough
67 mi
21 weeks
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees
71 mi
17 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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