NHS waiting times · Trauma & Orthopaedics

Hip replacement waiting times by hospital, fastest first

The NHS publishes waits for orthopaedics as a whole. The fastest is Royal United Hospital at about 12 weeks, the slowest Queen's Medical Centre at about 68 weeks. The national median wait is about 27 weeks.

Updated August 2026 · (Referral to Treatment: the NHS wait-time framework)

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. Each wait below is the figure for the NHS trust that runs that hospital, so hospitals run by the same trust share one number.

Trust	Location	Typical wait
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust	Bath and North East Somerset	12 weeks
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Liverpool	13 weeks
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	Nuneaton and Bedworth	13 weeks
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust	Warwick	14 weeks
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	Birmingham	15 weeks
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Middlesbrough	15 weeks
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Camden	16 weeks
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Wigan	16 weeks
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust	Harrow	17 weeks
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Great Yarmouth	17 weeks
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	North Tyneside	17 weeks
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	Kirklees	17 weeks
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Wirral	17 weeks
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust	Hartlepool	18 weeks
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust	Tameside	18 weeks
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust	Buckinghamshire	18 weeks
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust	Westminster	18 weeks
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Knowsley	19 weeks
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust	Wakefield	19 weeks
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust	Stoke-on-Trent	19 weeks
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Milton Keynes	20 weeks
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Birmingham	20 weeks
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust	Peterborough	21 weeks
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Ashfield	21 weeks
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Wandsworth	21 weeks
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust	Wiltshire	21 weeks
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust	Maidstone	21 weeks
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust	Bradford	22 weeks
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	Stockport	23 weeks
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Newcastle upon Tyne	23 weeks
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust	Bristol, City of	23 weeks
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Bradford	23 weeks
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust	Wolverhampton	23 weeks
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	23 weeks
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust	Kingston upon Thames	24 weeks
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust	Walsall	24 weeks
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust	Croydon	24 weeks
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust	Dudley	24 weeks
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Barnsley	24 weeks
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust	Sutton	25 weeks
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	Hastings	25 weeks
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	Sunderland	25 weeks
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust	Portsmouth	25 weeks
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	North Yorkshire	26 weeks
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Lambeth	26 weeks
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Cambridge	26 weeks
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust	North East Lincolnshire	26 weeks
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	Reigate and Banstead	27 weeks
Whittington Health NHS Trust	Islington	27 weeks
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Cheshire West and Chester	28 weeks
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust	Bolton	28 weeks
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	Gateshead	29 weeks
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Lambeth	29 weeks
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust	Manchester	29 weeks
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	Harlow	30 weeks
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Shropshire	30 weeks
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust	Colchester	30 weeks
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust	Coventry	30 weeks
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust	Salford	30 weeks
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust	Shropshire	30 weeks
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust	Southampton	30 weeks
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Lincoln	31 weeks
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust	Sandwell	31 weeks
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Leeds	31 weeks
Medway NHS Foundation Trust	Medway	31 weeks
Wye Valley NHS Trust	Herefordshire, County of	31 weeks
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	North Northamptonshire	31 weeks
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	Blackburn with Darwen	31 weeks
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust	Derby	31 weeks
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Runnymede	32 weeks
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Preston	32 weeks
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	York	32 weeks
Barts Health NHS Trust	Tower Hamlets	32 weeks
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	Cornwall	32 weeks
East Cheshire NHS Trust	Cheshire East	33 weeks
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Luton	33 weeks
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Basingstoke and Deane	33 weeks
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust	Cumberland	34 weeks
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	Hackney	34 weeks
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust	Warrington	34 weeks
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Oxford	35 weeks
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	Darlington	35 weeks
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust	Brent	35 weeks
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust	Southend-on-Sea	35 weeks
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Blackpool	36 weeks
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Kingston upon Hull, City of	36 weeks
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust	Somerset	37 weeks
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	West Suffolk	38 weeks
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Kensington and Chelsea	38 weeks
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Swindon	38 weeks
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust	Worthing	39 weeks
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust	Havering	39 weeks
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Watford	39 weeks
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	Exeter	40 weeks
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust	Surrey Heath	40 weeks
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Hillingdon	41 weeks
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	Camden	41 weeks
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust	Westmorland and Furness	41 weeks
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Chesterfield	42 weeks
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	42 weeks
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust	Stevenage	43 weeks
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Cheltenham	43 weeks
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	Worcester	43 weeks
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust	Guildford	43 weeks
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust	Canterbury	46 weeks
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	Rotherham	49 weeks
Isle of Wight NHS Trust	Isle of Wight	49 weeks
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust	Dartford	49 weeks
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust	Lewisham	49 weeks
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	Leicester	50 weeks
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Dorset	50 weeks
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	South Norfolk	58 weeks
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Doncaster	59 weeks
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	Nottingham	68 weeks

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Royal United HospitalBath and North East Somerset12 weeks
Broadgreen HospitalLiverpool13 weeks
George Eliot HospitalNuneaton and Bedworth13 weeks
Royal Liverpool University HospitalLiverpool13 weeks
University Hospital AintreeLiverpool13 weeks
Stratford HospitalStratford-on-Avon14 weeks
Warwick HospitalWarwick14 weeks
Friarage HospitalNorth Yorkshire15 weeks
Good Hope HospitalSutton Coldfield15 weeks
Heartlands HospitalBirmingham15 weeks
Queen Elizabeth HospitalBirmingham15 weeks
Solihull HospitalSolihull15 weeks
The James Cook University HospitalMiddlesbrough15 weeks
Hospital for Tropical DiseasesCamden16 weeks
Leigh InfirmaryWigan16 weeks
Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryWigan16 weeks
UCLH Outreach: St Pancras HospitalCamden16 weeks
University College HospitalCamden16 weeks
University College Hospital at Westmoreland StreetCamden16 weeks
Wrightington HospitalWest Lancashire16 weeks
Arrowe Park HospitalWirral17 weeks
Calderdale Royal HospitalCalderdale17 weeks
Clatterbridge HospitalWirral17 weeks
Hexham General HospitalNorthumberland17 weeks
Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryKirklees17 weeks
James Paget University HospitalGreat Yarmouth17 weeks
North Tyneside General HospitalNorth Tyneside17 weeks
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care HospitalNorthumberland17 weeks
Royal National Orthopaedic HospitalHarrow17 weeks
Wansbeck General HospitalNorthumberland17 weeks
Amersham HospitalBuckinghamshire18 weeks
Charing Cross HospitalHammersmith and Fulham18 weeks
Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith and Fulham18 weeks
St Mary's HospitalWestminster18 weeks
Stoke Mandeville HospitalBuckinghamshire18 weeks
Tameside General HospitalTameside18 weeks
University Hospital of HartlepoolHartlepool18 weeks
University Hospital of North TeesStockton-on-Tees18 weeks
Wycombe HospitalBuckinghamshire18 weeks
County HospitalStafford19 weeks
Dewsbury & District HospitalKirklees19 weeks
Ormskirk and District General HospitalWest Lancashire19 weeks
Pinderfields General HospitalWakefield19 weeks
Pontefract General InfirmaryWakefield19 weeks
Royal Stoke University HospitalStoke-on-Trent19 weeks
Southport and Formby District General HospitalSefton19 weeks
St Helens HospitalSt. Helens19 weeks
Whiston HospitalKnowsley19 weeks
Milton Keynes HospitalMilton Keynes20 weeks
Hinchingbrooke HospitalHuntingdonshire21 weeks
King's Mill HospitalAshfield21 weeks
Newark HospitalNewark and Sherwood21 weeks
Peterborough City HospitalPeterborough21 weeks
Salisbury District HospitalWiltshire21 weeks
St George's HospitalWandsworth21 weeks
The Maidstone HospitalMaidstone21 weeks
The Tunbridge Wells HospitalTunbridge Wells21 weeks
Airedale General HospitalBradford22 weeks
Bradford Royal InfirmaryBradford23 weeks
Bristol Royal InfirmaryBristol, City of23 weeks
Cannock Chase HospitalCannock Chase23 weeks
Christchurch HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole23 weeks
Freeman HospitalNewcastle upon Tyne23 weeks
New Cross HospitalWolverhampton23 weeks
Poole HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole23 weeks
Royal Bournemouth HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole23 weeks
St Lukes HospitalBradford23 weeks
St Mary's HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole23 weeks
St Michael's HospitalBristol, City of23 weeks
Stepping Hill HospitalStockport23 weeks
The Royal Victoria InfirmaryNewcastle upon Tyne23 weeks
Weston General HospitalNorth Somerset23 weeks
Barnsley HospitalBarnsley24 weeks
Croydon University HospitalCroydon24 weeks
Dorothy Pattison HospitalWalsall24 weeks
Guest HospitalDudley24 weeks
Kingston HospitalKingston upon Thames24 weeks
Russells Hall HospitalDudley24 weeks
Walsall Manor HospitalWalsall24 weeks
Conquest HospitalHastings25 weeks
Eastbourne District General HospitalEastbourne25 weeks
Epsom HospitalEpsom and Ewell25 weeks
Leatherhead HospitalMole Valley25 weeks
Queen Alexandra HospitalPortsmouth25 weeks
South Tyneside District HospitalSouth Tyneside25 weeks
St Helier HospitalSutton25 weeks
Sunderland Royal HospitalSunderland25 weeks
Addenbrooke's HospitalCambridge26 weeks
Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalNorth East Lincolnshire26 weeks
Goole & District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire26 weeks
Guy's HospitalSouthwark26 weeks
Harrogate District HospitalNorth Yorkshire26 weeks
Scunthorpe General HospitalNorth Lincolnshire26 weeks
St Thomas' HospitalLambeth26 weeks
Crawley HospitalCrawley27 weeks
East Surrey HospitalReigate and Banstead27 weeks
The Whittington HospitalIslington27 weeks
Countess of Chester HospitalCheshire West and Chester28 weeks
Royal Bolton HospitalBolton28 weeks
King's College HospitalLambeth29 weeks
Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester29 weeks
North Manchester General HospitalManchester29 weeks
Orpington HospitalBromley29 weeks
Princess Royal University HospitalBromley29 weeks
Queen Elizabeth HospitalGateshead29 weeks
Trafford General HospitalTrafford29 weeks
Wythenshawe HospitalManchester29 weeks
Colchester General HospitalColchester30 weeks
Fairfield General HospitalBury30 weeks
Hospital of St CrossRugby30 weeks
Ipswich HospitalIpswich30 weeks
Princess Alexandra HospitalHarlow30 weeks
Princess Anne HospitalSouthampton30 weeks
Princess Royal HospitalTelford30 weeks
Rochdale InfirmaryRochdale30 weeks
Royal Shrewsbury HospitalShropshire30 weeks
Southampton General HospitalSouthampton30 weeks
The Royal Oldham HospitalOldham30 weeks
University HospitalCoventry30 weeks
Burnley General HospitalBurnley31 weeks
Chapel Allerton HospitalLeeds31 weeks
City HospitalBirmingham31 weeks
County Hospital LouthEast Lindsey31 weeks
Grantham & District HospitalGrantham31 weeks
Hereford County HospitalHerefordshire, County of31 weeks
Johnson HospitalSouth Holland31 weeks
Kettering General HospitalNorth Northamptonshire31 weeks
Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds31 weeks
Lincoln County HospitalLincoln31 weeks
Medway Maritime HospitalMedway31 weeks
Midland Metropolitan University HospitalSandwell31 weeks
Pilgrim HospitalBoston31 weeks
Queen's Hospital BurtonBurton upon Trent31 weeks
Rowley Regis HospitalSandwell31 weeks
Royal Blackburn HospitalBlackburn with Darwen31 weeks
Royal Derby HospitalDerby31 weeks
Sandwell General HospitalSandwell31 weeks
St James's University HospitalLeeds31 weeks
Wharfedale HospitalLeeds31 weeks
Ashford HospitalSpelthorne32 weeks
Bridlington and District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire32 weeks
Chorley & South Ribble HospitalChorley32 weeks
Mile End HospitalTower Hamlets32 weeks
Newham General HospitalNewham32 weeks
Royal Cornwall HospitalCornwall32 weeks
Royal Preston HospitalPreston32 weeks
Scarborough General HospitalNorth Yorkshire32 weeks
St Austell Surgical HubCornwall32 weeks
St Bartholomew's HospitalCity of London32 weeks
St Peter's HospitalRunnymede32 weeks
The Royal London HospitalTower Hamlets32 weeks
West Cornwall HospitalCornwall32 weeks
Whipps Cross University HospitalWaltham Forest32 weeks
York HospitalYork32 weeks
Basingstoke and North Hampshire HospitalBasingstoke and Deane33 weeks
Basingstoke General HospitalTest Valley33 weeks
Bedford HospitalBedford33 weeks
Luton & Dunstable HospitalLuton33 weeks
Macclesfield District General HospitalCheshire East33 weeks
Royal Hampshire County HospitalWinchester33 weeks
Winchester County HospitalTest Valley33 weeks
Cumberland InfirmaryCumberland34 weeks
Halton HospitalHalton34 weeks
Homerton University HospitalHackney34 weeks
Warrington HospitalWarrington34 weeks
West Cumberland HospitalCumberland34 weeks
Basildon HospitalBasildon35 weeks
Broomfield HospitalChelmsford35 weeks
Central Middlesex HospitalBrent35 weeks
Churchill HospitalOxford35 weeks
Darlington Memorial HospitalDarlington35 weeks
Horton General HospitalCherwell35 weeks
John Radcliffe HospitalOxford35 weeks
Northwick Park HospitalBrent35 weeks
Nuffield Orthopaedic CentreOxford35 weeks
Shotley Bridge HospitalCounty Durham35 weeks
Southend HospitalSouthend-on-Sea35 weeks
University Hospital of North DurhamCounty Durham35 weeks
Blackpool Victoria HospitalBlackpool36 weeks
Castle Hill HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire36 weeks
Hull Royal InfirmaryKingston upon Hull, City of36 weeks
Bridgwater HospitalSomerset37 weeks
Musgrove Park HospitalSomerset37 weeks
Yeovil District HospitalSomerset37 weeks
Chelsea & Westminster HospitalKensington and Chelsea38 weeks
The Great Western HospitalSwindon38 weeks
West Middlesex University HospitalHounslow38 weeks
West Suffolk HospitalWest Suffolk38 weeks
Brighton General HospitalBrighton and Hove39 weeks
King George HospitalRedbridge39 weeks
Princess Royal HospitalMid Sussex39 weeks
Queen's HospitalHavering39 weeks
Royal Sussex County HospitalBrighton and Hove39 weeks
Southlands HospitalAdur39 weeks
St Albans City HospitalSt Albans39 weeks
St Richards HospitalChichester39 weeks
Watford General HospitalWatford39 weeks
Worthing HospitalWorthing39 weeks
Frimley Park HospitalSurrey Heath40 weeks
Heatherwood HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead40 weeks
North Devon District HospitalNorth Devon40 weeks
Royal Devon & Exeter HospitalExeter40 weeks
Wexham Park HospitalSlough40 weeks
Barnet HospitalBarnet41 weeks
Chase Farm HospitalEnfield41 weeks
Furness General HospitalWestmorland and Furness41 weeks
Hillingdon HospitalHillingdon41 weeks
North Middlesex HospitalEnfield41 weeks
Royal Free HospitalCamden41 weeks
Royal Lancaster InfirmaryLancaster41 weeks
Westmorland General HospitalWestmorland and Furness41 weeks
Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield42 weeks
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalKing's Lynn and West Norfolk42 weeks
Alexandra HospitalRedditch43 weeks
Cheltenham General HospitalCheltenham43 weeks
Gloucestershire Royal HospitalGloucester43 weeks
Kidderminster HospitalWyre Forest43 weeks
Lister HospitalStevenage43 weeks
Queen Elizabeth I I HospitalWelwyn Hatfield43 weeks
Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildford43 weeks
Worcestershire Royal HospitalWorcester43 weeks
Kent & Canterbury HospitalCanterbury46 weeks
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother HospitalThanet46 weeks
William Harvey HospitalAshford46 weeks
Darent Valley HospitalDartford49 weeks
Queen Elizabeth HospitalGreenwich49 weeks
Queen Marys HospitalBexley49 weeks
Rotherham District General HospitalRotherham49 weeks
St Mary's HospitalIsle of Wight49 weeks
University Hospital LewishamLewisham49 weeks
Dorset County HospitalDorset50 weeks
Glenfield HospitalLeicester50 weeks
Leicester General HospitalLeicester50 weeks
Leicester Royal InfirmaryLeicester50 weeks
St Lukes HospitalHarborough50 weeks
Cromer HospitalNorth Norfolk58 weeks
Norfolk & Norwich University HospitalSouth Norfolk58 weeks
Bassetlaw HospitalBassetlaw59 weeks
Doncaster Royal InfirmaryDoncaster59 weeks
Montagu HospitalDoncaster59 weeks
Nottingham City HospitalNottingham68 weeks
Queen's Medical CentreNottingham68 weeks

Hospitals with no usable figure

These trusts do not publish a wait we can compare fairly to a hip replacement, so we show no number rather than a misleading one. Each page explains why.

Derriford Hospital · PlymouthDoes not report orthopaedic waiting times to NHS England.
Leighton Hospital · Cheshire EastPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
Lymington Hospital · New ForestDoes not report orthopaedic waiting times to NHS England.
Northampton General Hospital · West NorthamptonshireDoes not report orthopaedic waiting times to NHS England.
Northern General Hospital · SheffieldDoes not report orthopaedic waiting times to NHS England.
Royal Berkshire Hospital · ReadingPublishes a figure, but its case mix is too unlike a hip or knee replacement to compare fairly.
Royal Hallamshire Hospital · SheffieldDoes not report orthopaedic waiting times to NHS England.
Royal South Hants Hospital · SouthamptonDoes not report orthopaedic waiting times to NHS England.
Torbay Hospital · TorbayDoes not report orthopaedic waiting times to NHS England.
Torbay Hospital Annexe · TorbayDoes not report orthopaedic waiting times to NHS England.
Victoria Infirmary · Cheshire West and ChesterPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
Weston Park Hospital · SheffieldDoes not report orthopaedic waiting times to NHS England.

242 hospitals with a published wait, plus 12 without. Each figure is how long 8 in 10 patients wait for the whole Trauma & Orthopaedics specialty at the trust that runs the hospital, from GP referral to the start of treatment: the NHS does not publish a wait for hip replacement on its own. One hospital per trust for now; larger trusts run several.

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