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Nerve conduction test (peripheral neurophysiology) waiting time at St Austell Surgical Hub

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7
weeks
Median wait so far in the current NHS nerve conduction test queue.
NHS DM01 data, August 2026

Where it’s done at St Austell Surgical Hub

Nerve conduction test is done in the neurophysiology department at Royal Cornwall Hospitals 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.

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Your options from here

1Free on the NHS
Stay on the NHS for your scan
Wait the NHS scan queue. 7 weeks typical wait here.
2Free on the NHS
Switch to a faster NHS hospital for your scan
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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 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

How deep the queue is now

46%
54%
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 St Austell Surgical Hub

NHS hospitals near Cornwall

St Austell Surgical Hub (current)
0 mi
7 weeks
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth
30 mi
4 weeks
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust · Torbay
55 mi
3 weeks
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Exeter
62 mi
3 weeks
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset
86 mi
6 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 (Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust), a current-queue snapshot, not a prediction.
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