NHS waiting times · Trauma & Orthopaedics
Knee replacement waiting times, hospital by hospital
Updated June 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.
- Warwick HospitalWarwick24 weeks
- George Eliot HospitalNuneaton and Bedworth29 weeks
- Bristol Royal InfirmaryBristol, City of31 weeks
- University College HospitalCamden31 weeks
- University Hospital of HartlepoolHartlepool31 weeks
- The James Cook University HospitalMiddlesbrough32 weeks
- Tameside General HospitalTameside33 weeks
- Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryKirklees34 weeks
- Royal Orthopaedic HospitalBirmingham34 weeks
- Airedale General HospitalBradford35 weeks
- Royal Stoke University HospitalStoke-on-Trent35 weeks
- North Tyneside General HospitalNorth Tyneside36 weeks
- The Maidstone HospitalMaidstone37 weeks
- The Whittington HospitalIslington37 weeks
- Whiston HospitalKnowsley37 weeks
- James Paget University HospitalGreat Yarmouth38 weeks
- Milton Keynes HospitalMilton Keynes38 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital BirminghamBirmingham38 weeks
- Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryWigan38 weeks
- Royal United HospitalBath and North East Somerset38 weeks
- The Royal National Orthopaedic HospitalHarrow38 weeks
- Croydon University HospitalCroydon41 weeks
- Northampton General HospitalWest Northamptonshire41 weeks
- Salisbury District HospitalWiltshire41 weeks
- St Helier HospitalSutton41 weeks
- Stepping Hill HospitalStockport41 weeks
- Countess of Chester HospitalCheshire West and Chester42 weeks
- East Surrey HospitalReigate and Banstead42 weeks
- King's Mill HospitalAshfield42 weeks
- Russells Hall HospitalDudley42 weeks
- Arrowe Park HospitalWirral43 weeks
- Hospital Liason 1Wolverhampton43 weeks
- Kettering General HospitalNorth Northamptonshire43 weeks
- Sunderland Royal HospitalSunderland43 weeks
- Barnsley HospitalBarnsley44 weeks
- Conquest HospitalHastings44 weeks
- Medway Maritime HospitalMedway44 weeks
- Pinderfields General HospitalWakefield44 weeks
- Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalNorth East Lincolnshire45 weeks
- Rosie HospitalCambridge45 weeks
- Freeman HospitalNewcastle upon Tyne46 weeks
- Hillingdon HospitalHillingdon46 weeks
- Lincoln County HospitalLincoln46 weeks
- St Thomas' HospitalLambeth46 weeks
- Walsall Manor HospitalWalsall46 weeks
- Blackpool Victoria HospitalBlackpool47 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGateshead47 weeks
- Royal Bolton HospitalBolton47 weeks
- Royal Liverpool University HospitalLiverpool47 weeks
- St George's HospitalWandsworth47 weeks
- West Suffolk HospitalWest Suffolk47 weeks
- Woodlands Hospital Offsite RxpDarlington47 weeks
- Basingstoke and North Hampshire HospitalBasingstoke and Deane48 weeks
- Royal Preston HospitalPreston48 weeks
- Royal Shrewsbury HospitalShropshire48 weeks
- Cheltenham General HospitalCheltenham49 weeks
- Cumberland InfirmaryCumberland49 weeks
- Harrogate District HospitalNorth Yorkshire49 weeks
- King's College HospitalLambeth49 weeks
- Kingston HospitalKingston upon Thames49 weeks
- Macclesfield District General HospitalCheshire East49 weeks
- Midland Metropolitan University HospitalSandwell49 weeks
- Queen's HospitalHavering49 weeks
- Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic HospitalShropshire49 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalWestminster49 weeks
- Bradford Royal InfirmaryBradford50 weeks
- Derriford HospitalPlymouth50 weeks
- Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester50 weeks
- Peterborough City HospitalPeterborough50 weeks
- York HospitalYork50 weeks
- Amersham HospitalBuckinghamshire51 weeks
- Colchester General HospitalColchester51 weeks
- Princess Alexandra HospitalHarlow51 weeks
- Queen Alexandra HospitalPortsmouth51 weeks
- Royal Blackburn HospitalBlackburn with Darwen51 weeks
- Warrington HospitalWarrington51 weeks
- Westmorland General HospitalWestmorland and Furness51 weeks
- Chelsea & Westminster HospitalKensington and Chelsea52 weeks
- Hereford County HospitalHerefordshire, County of52 weeks
- Homerton University HospitalHackney52 weeks
- Royal Cornwall HospitalCornwall52 weeks
- St Marks HospitalBrent52 weeks
- The Great Western HospitalSwindon52 weeks
- University HospitalCoventry52 weeks
- Watford General HospitalWatford52 weeks
- Royal Free HospitalCamden53 weeks
- St James's University HospitalLeeds53 weeks
- Walton HospitalRunnymede53 weeks
- Worthing HospitalWorthing53 weeks
- Hull Royal InfirmaryKingston upon Hull, City of54 weeks
- Kent & Canterbury HospitalCanterbury54 weeks
- Oaklands HospitalSalford54 weeks
- Poole HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole54 weeks
- Rotherham District General HospitalRotherham54 weeks
- Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield55 weeks
- Frimley Park HospitalSurrey Heath55 weeks
- Lister HospitalStevenage55 weeks
- Royal Derby HospitalDerby55 weeks
- Southampton General HospitalSouthampton55 weeks
- The Royal London HospitalTower Hamlets55 weeks
- University Hospital of WalesOxford55 weeks
- Royal Devon & Exeter HospitalExeter56 weeks
- Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildford56 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalIsle of Wight57 weeks
- The Queen Elizabeth HospitalKing's Lynn and West Norfolk57 weeks
- Darent Valley HospitalDartford58 weeks
- Dorset County HospitalDorset58 weeks
- Worcestershire Royal HospitalWorcester58 weeks
- Musgrove Park HospitalSomerset59 weeks
- Luton & Dunstable HospitalLuton60 weeks
- Leicester Royal InfirmaryLeicester61 weeks
- University Hospital LewishamLewisham61 weeks
- Doncaster Royal InfirmaryDoncaster65 weeks
- Norfolk & Norwich University HospitalSouth Norfolk68 weeks
- Southend HospitalSouthend-on-Sea77 weeks
- Nottingham City HospitalNottingham103 weeks
Hospitals with no usable figure
These trusts do not publish a wait we can compare fairly to a knee replacement, so we show no number rather than a misleading one. Each page explains why.
- Leighton Hospital · Cheshire EastPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- 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 knee replacement to compare fairly.
- Torbay Hospital · TorbayDoes not report orthopaedic waiting times to NHS England.
116 hospitals with a published wait, plus 4 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 knee replacement on its own. One hospital per trust for now; larger trusts run several.
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