NHS waiting times · Kingston upon Thames · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

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

49weeks

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

3weekstypical 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 Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust the typical nerve conduction test wait is 3 weeks, with 4% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

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

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Kingston Hospital

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

  • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton41w · 5 mi · 8w faster
  • St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth47w · 5 mi · 2w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 8 mi · 8w faster
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster49w · 8 mi
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth46w · 9 mi · 3w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 10 mi · 18w faster

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