NHS diagnostic waits · Somerset · Nerve conduction test
Nerve conduction test (peripheral neurophysiology) waiting time at Musgrove Park Hospital
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NHS DM01 data, August 2026
Where it’s done at Musgrove Park Hospital
Nerve conduction test is done in the neurophysiology department at Somerset 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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More about Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
How deep the queue is now
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.
NHS hospitals near Somerset
Musgrove Park Hospital (current)
0 mi
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Exeter
26 mi
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset
36 mi
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of
38 mi
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay
41 mi
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset
41 mi
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
54 mi
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 (Somerset NHS Foundation Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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