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Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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We do not show a carpal tunnel surgery wait for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. The NHS publishes one waiting figure for all trauma and orthopaedics treatment at each trust, and at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust that figure is pulled down by much quicker trauma and orthopaedics procedures, so it would understate the wait for carpal tunnel surgery treatment. Below: how many people are waiting here, and nearby hospitals where we can give a reliable carpal tunnel surgery wait.

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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More about Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

How long people have been waiting

1,849
382
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 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust the typical nerve conduction test wait is 2 weeks, with 0% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).

See the full nerve conduction test queue at Royal Berkshire Hospital and faster scan alternatives

NHS hospitals near Reading

Royal Berkshire Hospital (current)
0 mi
n/a
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Basingstoke and Deane
13 mi
33 weeks
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust · Surrey Heath
13 mi
40 weeks
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Runnymede
19 mi
32 weeks
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire
21 mi
18 weeks
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford
21 mi
43 weeks
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon
22 mi
41 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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