NHS waiting times · Westminster · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Charing Cross Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Charing Cross Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

49weeks

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 Charing Cross Hospital

Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Charing Cross Hospital.

  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 4 mi · 18w faster
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth46w · 4 mi · 3w faster
  • St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth47w · 5 mi · 2w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 6 mi · 12w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 8 mi · 8w faster
  • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton41w · 8 mi · 8w faster

Other hospitals run by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.

  • Hammersmith Hospital2 mi
  • St Mary's Hospital3 mi

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