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.
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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