How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Bedford Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Bedford 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 knee replacement on its own.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Bedford Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Bedford Hospital.
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes38w · 13 mi · 22w faster
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust · Stevenage55w · 18 mi · 5w faster
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust · West Northamptonshire41w · 19 mi · 19w faster
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · North Northamptonshire43w · 22 mi · 17w faster
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge45w · 26 mi · 15w faster
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust · Peterborough50w · 33 mi · 10w faster
Other hospitals run by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Luton & Dunstable Hospital16 mi
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