How long is the wait for a hip replacement at Royal Bolton Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Bolton Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.
Updated June 2026 · (Referral to Treatment — the NHS wait-time framework)
This is how long 8 in 10 patients wait for the whole Trauma & Orthopaedics specialty at this trust, from GP referral to the start of treatment — the NHS does not publish a wait for hip replacement on its own.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Bolton Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Royal Bolton Hospital.
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan38w · 8 mi · 9w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 15 mi · 14w faster
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley37w · 17 mi · 10w faster
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport41w · 17 mi · 6w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 26 mi · 13w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 30 mi · 12w faster
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