How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Bolitho Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Bolitho 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 Bolitho Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Bolitho Hospital.
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth50w · 67 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- West Cornwall Hospital1 mi
- St Michael's Hospital7 mi
- Royal Cornwall Hospital23 mi
- Duchy Hospital23 mi
- St Austell Surgical Hub37 mi
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