Carpal tunnel surgery · Preston · Trauma and orthopaedics
Carpal tunnel surgery waiting time at Lancashire Teaching 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
2,558
2,055
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 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals 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 Royal Preston Hospital and faster scan alternativesNHS hospitals near Preston
Royal Preston Hospital (current)
0 mi
32 weeks
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen
11 mi
31 weeks
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan
16 mi
16 weeks
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton
20 mi
28 weeks
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley
26 mi
19 weeks
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust · Salford
26 mi
30 weeks
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool
28 mi
13 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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