NHS waiting times · Kensington and Chelsea · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a carpal tunnel surgery at West Middlesex University Hospital?

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

52weeks

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 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust the typical nerve conduction test wait is 3 weeks, with 10% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See West Middlesex University Hospital's full nerve conduction test queue and faster scan alternatives →

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of West Middlesex University Hospital

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

  • Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames49w · 4 mi · 3w faster
  • The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon46w · 7 mi · 6w faster
  • St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth47w · 7 mi · 5w faster
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster49w · 7 mi · 3w faster
  • London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent52w · 7 mi
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 9 mi · 21w faster

Other hospitals run by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Chelsea & Westminster Hospital6 mi

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