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

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3
weeks
Median wait so far in the current NHS nerve conduction test queue.
NHS DM01 data, July 2026

Neurophysiology at Northampton General Hospital

nerve conduction test (peripheral neurophysiology) is carried out by the Neurophysiology department at Northampton General Hospital NHS 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. 3 wks typical wait here.
2Free on the NHS
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3Part paid
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The scan and any follow-up, all private.
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More about Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

How deep the queue is now

99%
1%
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 Northampton General Hospital

NHS hospitals near West Northamptonshire

Northampton General Hospital (current)
0 mi
3 wks
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Luton
29 mi
2 wks
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester
29 mi
2 wks
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust · Stevenage
36 mi
2 wks
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Sandwell
48 mi
2 wks
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Worcester
55 mi
1 wks
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden
56 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 (Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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