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Nerve conduction test (peripheral neurophysiology) waiting time at Fairfield General Hospital

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2
weeks
Median wait so far in the current NHS nerve conduction test queue.
NHS DM01 data, July 2026

Neurophysiology at Fairfield General Hospital

nerve conduction test (peripheral neurophysiology) is carried out by the Neurophysiology department at Northern Care Alliance 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.

What a nerve conduction test (peripheral neurophysiology) involves, on the NHS website →
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Your options from here

1Free on the NHS
Stay on the NHS for your scan
Wait the NHS scan queue. 2 wks typical wait here.
2Free on the NHS
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3Part paid
Private scan, keep your NHS place
Pay for the scan privately, then rejoin the NHS for treatment.
4Self funded or insured
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The scan and any follow-up, all private.
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More about Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

How deep the queue is now

96%
4%
0 to 6 wks
Over 6 wks
Share of the current nerve conduction test queue at this trust by whether they have passed six weeks, July 2026. The NHS standard is that fewer than 1% wait over six weeks.

This scan usually comes before treatment

A nerve conduction test (peripheral neurophysiology) 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 Fairfield General Hospital

NHS hospitals near Bury

Fairfield General Hospital (current)
0 mi
2 wks
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford
24 mi
1 wks
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Worcester
97 mi
1 wks
Median nerve conduction test wait so far in the current queue, July 2026, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.

How we know this

NHS DM01 diagnostics data, July 2026.
The whole trust (Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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