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Nerve conduction test (peripheral neurophysiology) waiting time at Cromer Hospital

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8
weeks
Median wait so far in the current NHS nerve conduction test queue.
NHS DM01 data, August 2026

Where it’s done at Cromer Hospital

Nerve conduction test is done in the neurophysiology department at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. To be seen you usually need a referral: most people are referred by their GP, and some by a hospital specialist. Once referred, the appointment comes by letter, text or the NHS App.

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Your options from here

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How deep the queue is now

40%
60%
0 to 6 weeks
Over 6 weeks
Share of the current nerve conduction test queue at this trust by whether they have passed six weeks, August 2026. The NHS standard is that fewer than 1% wait over six weeks.

This scan usually comes before treatment

A nerve conduction test is often the queue before carpal tunnel surgery treatment, and it is a separate NHS wait that comes first.

See the carpal tunnel surgery treatment wait at Cromer Hospital

NHS hospitals near North Norfolk

Cromer Hospital (current)
0 mi
8 weeks
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust · King's Lynn and West Norfolk
38 mi
3 weeks
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust · Peterborough
70 mi
3 weeks
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge
71 mi
3 weeks
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Colchester
72 mi
4 weeks
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust · North East Lincolnshire
72 mi
6 weeks
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Lincoln
79 mi
7 weeks
Median nerve conduction test wait so far in the current queue, August 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.

How we know this

NHS DM01 diagnostics data, August 2026.
The whole trust (Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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