NHS waiting times · Kensington and Chelsea · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

52weeks

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 Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

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

  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster49w · 2 mi · 3w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 3 mi · 21w faster
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth46w · 3 mi · 6w faster
  • St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth47w · 4 mi · 5w faster
  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth49w · 4 mi · 3w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 6 mi · 15w faster

Other hospitals run by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Cwft Surgical Hub - Royal Marsden Hospital1 mi
  • Chelsea & Westminster NHS Fdn Trust - Cromwell Hospital1 mi
  • Chelsea & Westminster NHS Fdn Trust - the Lister Hospital1 mi
  • Chelsea & Westminster NHS Fdn Trust - Weymouth Street Hospital3 mi
  • Cwft Surgical Hub - King Edward V11 Hospital3 mi
  • West Middlesex University Hospital6 mi
  • West Middlesex Hospital - General6 mi
  • ENT West Middlesex Hospital6 mi

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