How long is the NHS waiting list for carpal tunnel release?

People on the NHS trauma & orthopaedics waiting list in England, which is the list carpal tunnel release sits on, have waited a median of 13.8 weeks, and 8 in 100 have waited more than 41.7 weeks (NHS England, August 2026). 61% are within the 18-week standard and 843,419 people are on the list. This measures how long people still waiting have waited so far, from referral; NHS England does not publish a wait for carpal tunnel release on its own. Among trusts with at least 200 people waiting, the median runs from 6.2 weeks (Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust) to 30.8 weeks (Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust).

Can I have NHS carpal tunnel release at a private hospital, and is the wait shorter?

NHS patients in England can usually choose where they are referred, including independent-sector providers that hold an NHS contract, at no charge. In August 2026, NHS-funded patients on trauma & orthopaedics lists at 181 independent-sector providers had waited a median of 11.4 weeks, against 14.5 weeks at NHS trusts. The lists are not the same mix of patients, so the gap is not a like-for-like measure. These are waits for NHS-funded patients, not for people paying themselves.

How much is self-pay carpal tunnel release in the UK?

Published prices for self-pay carpal tunnel release run £1,844–£3,250 across 64 UK private hospitals that publish a figure: Spire Healthcare £2,828 (median of 36 hospitals); Nuffield Health £3,028 (median of 28 hospitals). Each operator defines its own inclusions, so the two are not directly interchangeable. No GP referral or private health insurance is required to pay for treatment yourself, and you can self-fund while remaining on the NHS waiting list.

How much does private carpal tunnel release cost in the UK?

Across the price lists Nuffield Health and Spire Healthcare publish for their own hospitals, carpal tunnel release runs £1,844–£3,250, with Spire Healthcare £2,828 (median of 36 hospitals); Nuffield Health £3,028 (median of 28 hospitals). The lowest published figure is £1,844 at Spire Abergele Clinic. What a price includes differs by operator — anaesthetist and consultant fees, prosthesis, drugs and follow-up are not always inside the headline number — so confirm the total in writing. Circle Health Group, Ramsay Health Care UK and HCA Healthcare also offer this procedure but are not included in these figures.

Can I switch from NHS to private for carpal tunnel release?

Yes. You can self-fund or use private health insurance to access carpal tunnel release privately while remaining on the NHS waiting list. You will not lose your NHS place by getting a private opinion or treatment.

Which cities have the shortest NHS waits for carpal tunnel release?

Based on the latest NHS England RTT data, the cities in England with the shortest median waits for trauma & orthopaedics (the specialty covering carpal tunnel release) include Birmingham (8 weeks), Liverpool (8 weeks), Reading (10 weeks), Newcastle upon Tyne (12 weeks), York (12 weeks). See the full city table below.

Is carpal tunnel release covered by private health insurance?

Most major UK health insurers (Bupa, AXA, Vitality, Aviva, WPA) cover carpal tunnel release on standard policies, subject to underwriting and policy terms. Pre-existing conditions are typically excluded. Always confirm coverage with your insurer before scheduling.

Carpal tunnel release: NHS waiting time 14 weeks, private from £1,844

Surgical decompression of the median nerve at the wrist for carpal tunnel syndrome. People on the NHS trauma & orthopaedics waiting list in England have waited a median of 13.8 weeks, and 8 in 100 have waited more than 41.7 weeks (NHS England, August 2026). Published private hospital prices run £1,844–£3,250 across 64 hospitals.

NHS median wait (England)

13.8 weeks

Trauma & Orthopaedics list, August 2026

8 in 100 have waited over

41.7 weeks

92nd percentile

Within 18 weeks

61%

843,419 people waiting

Published private prices

£1,844–£3,250

64 hospitals, 2 operators

According to NHS England RTT data for August 2026, people on the trauma & orthopaedics waiting list in England, which covers carpal tunnel release, have waited a median of 13.8 weeks; 8 in 100 have waited more than 41.7 weeks and 61% are within 18 weeks.

According to the same NHS England release, NHS-funded trauma & orthopaedics patients at 181 independent-sector providers have waited a median of 11.4 weeks, against 14.5 weeks at 125 NHS trusts.

According to TreatCompare analysis of price lists published by Nuffield Health and Spire Healthcare, private carpal tunnel release runs £1,844–£3,250 across 64 hospitals: Spire Healthcare £2,828 (median of 36 hospitals); Nuffield Health £3,028 (median of 28 hospitals). Each operator's headline figure covers different things, so the two are reported separately rather than averaged.

NHS England RTT waiting times, incomplete pathways, August 2026; Nuffield Health and Spire Healthcare published price lists.

Important context

NHS waiting-time figures are published at trust or specialty level. Private prices are read from individual hospitals’ own published price lists and cover two hospital groups rather than the whole private market; each operator defines its own inclusions, so their figures are shown separately and not averaged. Local eligibility, referral route, clinical urgency, provider package and insurance status can change the real-world choice. TreatCompare is for comparison only and is not medical, legal or financial advice.

Source type: Official NHS waiting-time data and published private hospital prices
Primary source: NHS England Referral to Treatment waiting-time data
Reporting period: August 2026
Last updated: 2026-10-16
Figure type: Mixed sources
Use: Research and comparison only

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Carpal tunnel release: the wait on each route, and what it costs

The NHS routes have a published wait and no charge. Paying yourself has a published price and no published wait. NHS figures are for the trauma & orthopaedics list in England, August 2026.

Route	Median wait	92nd percentile	Cost to you
NHS trust125 trusts, 692,198 people waiting	14.5 weeks	42.8 weeks	No charge
NHS-funded at an independent-sector provider181 providers, 151,221 people waiting	11.4 weeks	34.0 weeks	No charge
Self-pay: Spire HealthcareOne wrist. Guide price, includes consultant fee and initial consultation.	Not tracked	Not tracked	£2,828median of 36 hospitals, £1,844–£3,115
Self-pay: Nuffield HealthOne wrist. Guide price, excludes consultant fees, prosthesis and drugs.	Not tracked	Not tracked	£3,028median of 28 hospitals, £2,590–£3,250

What the wait measures. How long people still on the list have waited so far, counted from referral. It is not the time from referral to operation, and it covers the whole trauma & orthopaedics list: NHS England publishes no wait for carpal tunnel release alone.
92nd percentile. 92 in every 100 people on the list have waited less than this; 8 in 100 have waited longer.
Independent-sector provider. A private hospital or other non-NHS provider treating NHS patients under contract. NHS patients in England can usually choose where they are referred, including these providers (NHS: your choices). These are waits for NHS-funded patients, not for people paying themselves.
Self-pay wait. We hold no published self-pay waiting time for any hospital, so none is shown. Ask for a date in writing with the quote.
Source: NHS England RTT waiting times, incomplete pathways, August 2026, published 8th October 2026. Sector medians are calculated from the weekly counts in that release, using the method NHS England applies to each provider.

NHS waiting times for carpal tunnel release by trust

Median wait on the trauma & orthopaedics list at each NHS trust in England with at least 200 people waiting, August 2026.

10 shortest median waits

NHS waiting times for carpal tunnel release by trust: shortest
Provider	Median wait	92nd percentile	Within 18 weeks	On the list
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust	6.2 weeks	21.1 weeks	87%	2,778
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust	7.1 weeks	15.0 weeks	100%	3,828
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	7.4 weeks	36.1 weeks	75%	10,240
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	7.4 weeks	30.6 weeks	78%	6,583
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust	8.0 weeks	22.3 weeks	85%	7,078
Whittington Health NHS Trust	8.5 weeks	28.9 weeks	78%	2,088
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	8.6 weeks	27.1 weeks	77%	4,707
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust	8.7 weeks	23.1 weeks	86%	3,614
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust	9.0 weeks	29.9 weeks	80%	3,706
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	9.1 weeks	27.5 weeks	79%	2,125

10 longest median waits

NHS waiting times for carpal tunnel release by trust: longest
Provider	Median wait	92nd percentile	Within 18 weeks	On the list
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust	30.8 weeks	66.6 weeks	29%	11,373
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	23.9 weeks	52.2 weeks	39%	11,855
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	20.8 weeks	50.3 weeks	46%	7,426
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust	20.7 weeks	46.7 weeks	44%	8,187
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust	19.9 weeks	44.2 weeks	46%	2,333
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	19.4 weeks	47.7 weeks	46%	3,429
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	19.3 weeks	45.9 weeks	47%	5,532
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust	19.3 weeks	49.0 weeks	48%	4,912
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust	18.8 weeks	48.9 weeks	48%	7,873
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	18.6 weeks	54.8 weeks	48%	8,467

All 121 trusts

NHS waiting times for carpal tunnel release by trust: all
Provider	Median wait	92nd percentile	Within 18 weeks	On the list
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust	6.2 weeks	21.1 weeks	87%	2,778
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust	7.1 weeks	15.0 weeks	100%	3,828
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	7.4 weeks	36.1 weeks	75%	10,240
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	7.4 weeks	30.6 weeks	78%	6,583
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust	8.0 weeks	22.3 weeks	85%	7,078
Whittington Health NHS Trust	8.5 weeks	28.9 weeks	78%	2,088
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	8.6 weeks	27.1 weeks	77%	4,707
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust	8.7 weeks	23.1 weeks	86%	3,614
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust	9.0 weeks	29.9 weeks	80%	3,706
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	9.1 weeks	27.5 weeks	79%	2,125
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust	9.1 weeks	28.6 weeks	78%	4,700
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	9.1 weeks	31.7 weeks	74%	3,434
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	9.5 weeks	30.9 weeks	78%	10,192
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	9.5 weeks	22.8 weeks	83%	3,659
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	9.7 weeks	39.7 weeks	67%	7,915
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	10.0 weeks	22.6 weeks	83%	2,231
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust	10.2 weeks	21.3 weeks	83%	7,257
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	10.4 weeks	31.6 weeks	73%	2,076
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust	10.5 weeks	41.0 weeks	66%	1,463
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust	10.8 weeks	28.1 weeks	76%	4,271
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust	10.8 weeks	34.2 weeks	72%	6,676
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	11.1 weeks	29.7 weeks	72%	2,453
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust	11.5 weeks	31.7 weeks	67%	3,369
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	11.7 weeks	37.2 weeks	67%	2,334
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	11.7 weeks	32.9 weeks	68%	4,118
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust	11.8 weeks	36.3 weeks	69%	2,696
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust	11.9 weeks	40.2 weeks	65%	4,035
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	12.1 weeks	35.8 weeks	65%	1,955
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	12.1 weeks	34.0 weeks	71%	10,779
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust	12.3 weeks	37.2 weeks	66%	2,927
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	12.3 weeks	43.8 weeks	63%	7,732
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	12.3 weeks	37.2 weeks	67%	5,934
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	12.4 weeks	36.4 weeks	68%	5,592
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	12.4 weeks	39.9 weeks	65%	4,934
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	12.6 weeks	38.2 weeks	67%	7,920
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust	12.6 weeks	35.4 weeks	65%	3,213
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust	12.7 weeks	46.2 weeks	63%	9,296
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust	12.7 weeks	43.8 weeks	62%	6,403
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	12.8 weeks	35.9 weeks	64%	11,067
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust	13.0 weeks	45.2 weeks	63%	5,995
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust	13.1 weeks	45.0 weeks	62%	5,006
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	13.2 weeks	38.2 weeks	63%	3,569
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust	13.3 weeks	37.2 weeks	64%	4,250
East Cheshire NHS Trust	13.4 weeks	42.9 weeks	61%	1,571
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust	13.4 weeks	36.8 weeks	62%	6,879
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	13.4 weeks	43.5 weeks	61%	4,784
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust	13.4 weeks	41.7 weeks	63%	5,945
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	13.4 weeks	40.7 weeks	63%	9,385
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	13.7 weeks	37.7 weeks	61%	5,131
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust	13.8 weeks	37.1 weeks	63%	8,452
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	13.9 weeks	40.2 weeks	62%	3,860
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust	14.0 weeks	41.2 weeks	59%	2,871
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust	14.0 weeks	41.9 weeks	61%	14,239
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	14.1 weeks	41.6 weeks	60%	3,435
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	14.2 weeks	40.7 weeks	61%	5,899
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	14.2 weeks	38.3 weeks	60%	5,992
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust	14.4 weeks	40.7 weeks	59%	12,053
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust	14.5 weeks	39.3 weeks	60%	2,912
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	14.7 weeks	41.8 weeks	59%	1,953
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	14.7 weeks	36.8 weeks	59%	3,182
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	14.8 weeks	41.8 weeks	59%	2,580
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	14.9 weeks	39.4 weeks	59%	6,465
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	14.9 weeks	41.4 weeks	58%	2,581
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust	15.0 weeks	40.3 weeks	60%	6,566
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust	15.1 weeks	38.3 weeks	60%	4,364
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	15.1 weeks	39.6 weeks	58%	4,462
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	15.1 weeks	43.0 weeks	57%	8,107
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	15.2 weeks	41.4 weeks	58%	2,522
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	15.3 weeks	37.6 weeks	59%	1,826
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust	15.3 weeks	39.8 weeks	59%	6,095
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	15.5 weeks	42.6 weeks	56%	3,021
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	15.5 weeks	44.2 weeks	57%	3,070
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	15.6 weeks	48.5 weeks	56%	6,882
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	15.6 weeks	38.7 weeks	55%	8,777
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust	15.7 weeks	43.0 weeks	55%	2,319
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust	15.7 weeks	44.7 weeks	55%	5,160
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust	15.7 weeks	46.6 weeks	54%	14,784
Barts Health NHS Trust	15.9 weeks	39.7 weeks	56%	8,886
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	15.9 weeks	44.6 weeks	56%	5,456
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust	15.9 weeks	41.5 weeks	55%	7,105
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust	15.9 weeks	46.1 weeks	55%	2,046
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust	16.0 weeks	40.2 weeks	56%	4,880
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust	16.0 weeks	37.4 weeks	57%	2,773
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	16.2 weeks	40.6 weeks	56%	4,613
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	16.3 weeks	39.8 weeks	55%	4,581
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	16.3 weeks	46.2 weeks	54%	9,607
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust	16.4 weeks	43.9 weeks	54%	12,240
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	16.5 weeks	42.8 weeks	54%	5,501
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	16.5 weeks	44.7 weeks	53%	4,887
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	16.7 weeks	47.3 weeks	53%	7,942
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	16.7 weeks	44.1 weeks	53%	9,080
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust	16.7 weeks	44.6 weeks	54%	8,473
Wye Valley NHS Trust	16.7 weeks	47.0 weeks	53%	3,101
Medway NHS Foundation Trust	16.8 weeks	37.9 weeks	54%	3,116
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	16.9 weeks	46.0 weeks	53%	2,398
Isle of Wight NHS Trust	16.9 weeks	46.1 weeks	52%	2,269
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	16.9 weeks	43.5 weeks	53%	5,047
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	17.0 weeks	44.0 weeks	53%	3,068
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	17.1 weeks	53.3 weeks	52%	13,039
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	17.1 weeks	42.4 weeks	52%	9,244
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust	17.2 weeks	41.4 weeks	52%	10,691
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust	17.3 weeks	45.5 weeks	52%	3,393
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust	17.3 weeks	44.6 weeks	52%	5,210
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	17.6 weeks	43.3 weeks	51%	4,214
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust	17.7 weeks	48.0 weeks	51%	5,002
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust	17.8 weeks	48.7 weeks	51%	4,081
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	18.0 weeks	49.8 weeks	50%	5,637
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	18.3 weeks	46.0 weeks	49%	5,940
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	18.3 weeks	49.2 weeks	49%	10,102
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust	18.4 weeks	46.4 weeks	49%	5,007
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust	18.5 weeks	48.8 weeks	49%	17,672
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	18.6 weeks	54.8 weeks	48%	8,467
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust	18.8 weeks	48.9 weeks	48%	7,873
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust	19.3 weeks	49.0 weeks	48%	4,912
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	19.3 weeks	45.9 weeks	47%	5,532
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	19.4 weeks	47.7 weeks	46%	3,429
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust	19.9 weeks	44.2 weeks	46%	2,333
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust	20.7 weeks	46.7 weeks	44%	8,187
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	20.8 weeks	50.3 weeks	46%	7,426
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	23.9 weeks	52.2 weeks	39%	11,855
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust	30.8 weeks	66.6 weeks	29%	11,373

Independent-sector providers treating NHS trauma & orthopaedics patients

Median wait for NHS-funded patients at each independent-sector provider with at least 200 people on its trauma & orthopaedics list, August 2026. These are not self-pay waits.

10 shortest median waits

Independent-sector providers treating NHS trauma & orthopaedics patients: shortest
Provider	Median wait	92nd percentile	Within 18 weeks	On the list
Clementine Churchill Hospital	5.1 weeks	13.0 weeks	100%	674
Nuffield Health, Woking Hospital	5.2 weeks	18.9 weeks	91%	216
Nuffield Health, Leicester Hospital	5.4 weeks	18.9 weeks	91%	469
Provide Enterprises	5.4 weeks	14.1 weeks	100%	240
Spire Murrayfield Hospital	5.7 weeks	22.5 weeks	84%	566
Bishops Wood Hospital	6.1 weeks	15.4 weeks	98%	339
Lancaster Private Hospital	6.2 weeks	20.3 weeks	89%	230
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth	6.2 weeks	17.0 weeks	93%	475
Spire Methley Park Hospital	6.2 weeks	19.9 weeks	88%	791
Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital	6.4 weeks	36.1 weeks	72%	1,115

10 longest median waits

Independent-sector providers treating NHS trauma & orthopaedics patients: longest
Provider	Median wait	92nd percentile	Within 18 weeks	On the list
Manor Hospital	25.8 weeks	48.9 weeks	21%	393
Saxon Clinic	24.6 weeks	43.9 weeks	36%	585
Renacres Hospital	23.7 weeks	49.4 weeks	41%	2,242
One Hatfield Hospital	22.4 weeks	48.6 weeks	40%	414
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham	22.1 weeks	43.5 weeks	33%	200
Nuffield Health, Exeter Hospital	20.8 weeks	43.6 weeks	48%	211
Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital	19.8 weeks	44.9 weeks	47%	713
Nuffield Health, Taunton Hospital	19.4 weeks	39.6 weeks	46%	586
Mount Stuart Hospital	19.2 weeks	46.1 weeks	47%	946
Fitzwilliam Hospital	18.9 weeks	47.6 weeks	48%	4,176

All 154 providers

Independent-sector providers treating NHS trauma & orthopaedics patients: all
Provider	Median wait	92nd percentile	Within 18 weeks	On the list
Clementine Churchill Hospital	5.1 weeks	13.0 weeks	100%	674
Nuffield Health, Woking Hospital	5.2 weeks	18.9 weeks	91%	216
Nuffield Health, Leicester Hospital	5.4 weeks	18.9 weeks	91%	469
Provide Enterprises	5.4 weeks	14.1 weeks	100%	240
Spire Murrayfield Hospital	5.7 weeks	22.5 weeks	84%	566
Bishops Wood Hospital	6.1 weeks	15.4 weeks	98%	339
Lancaster Private Hospital	6.2 weeks	20.3 weeks	89%	230
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - St Marys Portsmouth	6.2 weeks	17.0 weeks	93%	475
Spire Methley Park Hospital	6.2 weeks	19.9 weeks	88%	791
Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital	6.4 weeks	36.1 weeks	72%	1,115
Independent Health Group	6.6 weeks	19.6 weeks	91%	250
Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital	6.6 weeks	22.3 weeks	88%	545
Sloane Hospital	6.6 weeks	21.5 weeks	88%	356
Chiltern Hospital	6.8 weeks	16.2 weeks	96%	307
Nuffield Health, Wolverhampton Hospital	6.8 weeks	19.6 weeks	89%	242
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Plymouth	6.8 weeks	22.9 weeks	87%	1,601
First Community Health and Care CIC	7.0 weeks	19.9 weeks	88%	1,111
Priory Hospital	7.4 weeks	27.1 weeks	83%	494
Spire Cheshire Hospital	7.4 weeks	20.1 weeks	85%	753
Chelsfield Park Hospital	7.5 weeks	23.8 weeks	84%	353
Spire Bushey Hospital	7.5 weeks	17.5 weeks	93%	702
KIMS Hospital (Newnham Court)	7.6 weeks	20.7 weeks	89%	752
Spire Liverpool Hospital	7.7 weeks	27.0 weeks	81%	874
Meriden Hospital	7.8 weeks	23.6 weeks	84%	1,287
Spire Alexandra Hospital	7.9 weeks	20.5 weeks	88%	442
Beardwood Hospital	8.0 weeks	24.1 weeks	83%	1,172
Spire Parkway Hospital	8.0 weeks	31.4 weeks	76%	1,013
Spire Regency Hospital	8.0 weeks	25.0 weeks	85%	1,126
Spire Leeds Hospital	8.1 weeks	27.2 weeks	81%	660
Blackheath Hospital	8.3 weeks	29.1 weeks	76%	470
Chaucer Hospital	8.5 weeks	26.8 weeks	78%	584
Spire Manchester Hospital	8.5 weeks	18.0 weeks	92%	647
St Edmunds Hospital	8.5 weeks	27.3 weeks	81%	334
The Berkshire Independent Hospital	8.6 weeks	29.2 weeks	77%	646
Bath Clinic	8.7 weeks	22.6 weeks	84%	572
Hendon Hospital	8.8 weeks	26.8 weeks	80%	428
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital	8.8 weeks	27.7 weeks	81%	307
Spire Elland Hospital	8.8 weeks	30.7 weeks	76%	1,022
Dorking Healthcare Limited (Dhc)	8.9 weeks	23.9 weeks	85%	771
Orthopaedics & Spine Specialist Hospital Site	9.0 weeks	17.4 weeks	94%	232
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Emersons Green	9.0 weeks	21.1 weeks	84%	802
Sirona Care & Health	9.1 weeks	32.8 weeks	73%	6,879
Huddersfield Private Hospital	9.2 weeks	21.9 weeks	81%	651
London Independent Hospital	9.3 weeks	24.3 weeks	82%	1,727
Spire Leicester Hospital	9.4 weeks	39.9 weeks	71%	1,020
The One Health Group Plc	9.4 weeks	26.9 weeks	79%	1,627
Woodthorpe Hospital	9.5 weeks	26.3 weeks	80%	2,302
Fulwood Hall Hospital	9.6 weeks	29.1 weeks	76%	2,350
Spire Little Aston Hospital	9.6 weeks	33.1 weeks	80%	1,215
Woodlands Hospital	9.6 weeks	29.7 weeks	79%	783
Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital	9.7 weeks	28.6 weeks	79%	395
Park Hill Hospital	9.7 weeks	25.6 weeks	80%	769
Tyneside Surgical Services Ltd	9.7 weeks	26.4 weeks	80%	528
Spire Hartswood Hospital	9.8 weeks	31.9 weeks	74%	737
Spire Southampton Hospital	9.8 weeks	29.5 weeks	82%	219
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Southampton	9.9 weeks	26.5 weeks	79%	1,248
Clifton Park Hospital	10.0 weeks	33.3 weeks	76%	1,632
Oaks Hospital	10.0 weeks	33.1 weeks	73%	339
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Ilford	10.0 weeks	24.8 weeks	77%	2,265
St Hugh's Hospital	10.1 weeks	26.2 weeks	76%	1,690
Alexandra Hospital	10.2 weeks	28.3 weeks	73%	354
One Ashford Hospital	10.2 weeks	27.6 weeks	76%	824
Spire South Bank Hospital	10.2 weeks	37.2 weeks	68%	514
Tees Valley Hospital	10.2 weeks	31.7 weeks	75%	1,338
Fairfield Independent Hospital	10.3 weeks	30.9 weeks	73%	423
Spire Fylde Coast Hospital	10.3 weeks	28.8 weeks	72%	1,780
Circle Reading Hospital	10.4 weeks	28.9 weeks	72%	1,414
Lincoln Private Hospital	10.4 weeks	31.5 weeks	77%	832
Oaklands Hospital	10.4 weeks	29.4 weeks	74%	2,215
Shirley Oaks Hospital	10.4 weeks	30.8 weeks	71%	445
Sulis Hospital Bath (Foxcote Avenue)	10.5 weeks	31.3 weeks	71%	2,071
Ashtead Hospital	10.7 weeks	29.9 weeks	75%	463
Kings Oak Hospital	10.7 weeks	29.1 weeks	76%	796
Spire Harpenden Hospital	10.7 weeks	23.2 weeks	86%	512
Beaumont Hospital	10.8 weeks	32.5 weeks	73%	1,318
Benenden Hospital	10.8 weeks	33.0 weeks	76%	788
Nuffield Health, Brighton Hospital	10.8 weeks	41.4 weeks	64%	332
Spire London East	10.8 weeks	31.3 weeks	77%	1,311
The Yorkshire Clinic	10.8 weeks	33.6 weeks	68%	1,426
Spire Nottingham Hospital	10.9 weeks	29.5 weeks	77%	722
Norwich & Norfolk Surgical Ltd (N2s)	11.0 weeks	28.6 weeks	72%	450
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Barlborough	11.1 weeks	30.3 weeks	75%	1,726
Goring Hall Hospital	11.2 weeks	39.6 weeks	70%	786
North Downs Hospital	11.2 weeks	37.6 weeks	72%	771
Spire Dunedin Hospital	11.2 weeks	25.0 weeks	80%	213
Stourside Hospital	11.2 weeks	36.8 weeks	70%	1,147
The Westbourne Centre	11.2 weeks	26.2 weeks	71%	223
Nuffield Health, Bristol Hospital (Chesterfield)	11.3 weeks	36.5 weeks	73%	509
Duchy Hospital	11.5 weeks	25.1 weeks	75%	260
Droitwich Spa Hospital	11.6 weeks	32.7 weeks	72%	645
Euxton Hall Hospital	11.6 weeks	33.4 weeks	68%	1,886
Cavell Hospital	11.9 weeks	35.4 weeks	66%	629
Buckshaw Hospital	12.0 weeks	29.3 weeks	73%	238
Spire Washington Hospital	12.0 weeks	29.9 weeks	72%	2,121
Practice Plus Group Hospital Birmingham	12.1 weeks	37.9 weeks	65%	1,376
The Cherwell Hospital	12.1 weeks	33.7 weeks	66%	2,362
One Stop Doctors Limited	12.2 weeks	31.7 weeks	68%	761
Nuffield Health the Holly Hospital	12.4 weeks	37.7 weeks	65%	2,783
Modality Llp	12.5 weeks	37.6 weeks	60%	265
Park Hospital	12.6 weeks	35.5 weeks	66%	1,574
New Hall Hospital	12.7 weeks	34.9 weeks	66%	2,999
Thornbury Hospital	12.7 weeks	36.3 weeks	66%	463
Nuffield Health, Tees Hospital	12.8 weeks	33.5 weeks	66%	1,188
Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital	12.8 weeks	34.6 weeks	66%	1,765
Winfield Hospital	12.8 weeks	27.8 weeks	69%	1,057
Nuffield Health, Shrewsbury Hospital	12.9 weeks	25.4 weeks	77%	311
Practice Plus Group Hospital - Shepton Mallet	13.0 weeks	35.6 weeks	65%	1,565
Rowley Hall Hospital	13.0 weeks	36.0 weeks	64%	1,695
Winterbourne Hospital	13.0 weeks	29.4 weeks	68%	447
Cobalt Hospital	13.1 weeks	41.2 weeks	64%	463
Nuffield Health, Wessex Hospital	13.1 weeks	40.3 weeks	71%	498
Nuffield Health, York Hospital	13.2 weeks	31.2 weeks	70%	1,349
Nuffield Health, Bournemouth Hospital	13.3 weeks	35.3 weeks	60%	338
Nuffield Health, Plymouth Hospital	13.3 weeks	36.1 weeks	64%	645
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Devizes	13.3 weeks	30.8 weeks	73%	399
Spire Gatwick Park Hospital	13.4 weeks	32.9 weeks	67%	746
Three Shires Hospital	13.5 weeks	40.6 weeks	62%	2,138
Duchy Hospital	13.6 weeks	36.3 weeks	64%	1,317
Glendon Wood Hospital	13.6 weeks	32.5 weeks	63%	623
Highfield Hospital	13.7 weeks	35.7 weeks	63%	919
West Midlands Hospital	13.7 weeks	31.8 weeks	68%	594
Rivers Hospital	13.8 weeks	37.3 weeks	63%	1,534
Nuffield Health, Derby Hospital	13.9 weeks	39.9 weeks	58%	1,144
Woodland Hospital	14.0 weeks	33.9 weeks	63%	2,905
Nuffield Health, the Grosvenor Hospital, Chester	14.3 weeks	27.6 weeks	68%	415
Pinehill Hospital	14.6 weeks	46.9 weeks	60%	1,128
Spire Norwich Hospital	15.0 weeks	30.6 weeks	66%	770
Blakelands Hospital	15.1 weeks	36.3 weeks	59%	1,076
Spire Bristol Hospital	15.3 weeks	42.1 weeks	60%	856
Beacon Park Hospital	15.4 weeks	32.6 weeks	56%	298
The Horder Centre - St Johns Road	15.5 weeks	37.0 weeks	60%	1,313
Nuffield Health, Chichester Hospital	15.8 weeks	33.9 weeks	60%	234
Spire Wellesley Hospital	15.9 weeks	36.3 weeks	55%	898
Nuffield Health, Haywards Heath Hospital	16.0 weeks	55.9 weeks	56%	439
Claremont Private Hospital	16.1 weeks	40.4 weeks	56%	1,589
Nuffield Health, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital	16.1 weeks	47.3 weeks	54%	379
Spencer Private Hospitals Ltd	16.4 weeks	36.9 weeks	55%	1,720
Spire Montefiore Hospital	16.6 weeks	39.1 weeks	55%	582
Cora Health Diagnostics (Formerly Healthshare Diagnostics)	17.3 weeks	39.9 weeks	52%	354
Spire Portsmouth Hospital	17.3 weeks	44.2 weeks	52%	366
Boston West Hospital	17.7 weeks	46.0 weeks	51%	1,013
Spire Thames Valley Hospital	17.8 weeks	42.4 weeks	51%	233
St Martins Hospital	18.6 weeks	39.4 weeks	48%	1,190
Springfield Hospital	18.8 weeks	42.6 weeks	48%	1,098
Fitzwilliam Hospital	18.9 weeks	47.6 weeks	48%	4,176
Mount Stuart Hospital	19.2 weeks	46.1 weeks	47%	946
Nuffield Health, Taunton Hospital	19.4 weeks	39.6 weeks	46%	586
Nuffield Health, Brentwood Hospital	19.8 weeks	44.9 weeks	47%	713
Nuffield Health, Exeter Hospital	20.8 weeks	43.6 weeks	48%	211
Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre - Gillingham	22.1 weeks	43.5 weeks	33%	200
One Hatfield Hospital	22.4 weeks	48.6 weeks	40%	414
Renacres Hospital	23.7 weeks	49.4 weeks	41%	2,242
Saxon Clinic	24.6 weeks	43.9 weeks	36%	585
Manor Hospital	25.8 weeks	48.9 weeks	21%	393

NHS waiting time by city, shortest first

City	Median wait	Compare locally
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York	12 weeks	See York →
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London	13 weeks	See London →
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Cambridge	15 weeks	See Cambridge →
Oxford	15 weeks	See Oxford →
Blackpool	16 weeks	See Blackpool →
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Leeds	16 weeks	See Leeds →
Sunderland	16 weeks	See Sunderland →
Preston	16 weeks	See Preston →
Nottingham	17 weeks	See Nottingham →
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Southampton	18 weeks	See Southampton →
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Portsmouth	18 weeks	See Portsmouth →
Derby	19 weeks	See Derby →
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Leicester	24 weeks	See Leicester →

What private hospitals publish for carpal tunnel release

64 hospitals across 2 operators publish a price for this procedure. Each operator’s figures are shown separately, against that operator’s own definition of what the price covers.

Operator	Median	Across its hospitals	Hospitals	What the figure covers
Spire Healthcare	£2,828	£1,844–£3,115	36	Guide price, includes consultant fee and initial consultation.One wrist.
Nuffield Health	£3,028	£2,590–£3,250	28	Guide price, excludes consultant fees, prosthesis and drugs.One wrist.

Why there is no single figure. These two operators define their headline price differently — Nuffield Health says its guide price excludes consultant fees, while Spire Healthcare’s includes a consultant fee and an initial consultation. Their published figures track each other closely across every procedure both price, but that is a pattern in the numbers, not a statement either company makes. Averaging them would imply a like-for-like comparison neither operator has confirmed.

Read from each operator’s own published price pages, 2026-10-07. Prices change and exclusions differ — confirm the total in writing with the hospital before booking. This covers two of the UK’s private hospital groups, not the whole private market.

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