NHS waiting times · Preston · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Chorley & South Ribble Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Chorley & South Ribble Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

48weeks

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 Chorley & South Ribble Hospital

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

  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan38w · 7 mi · 10w faster
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton47w · 11 mi · 1w faster
  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley37w · 18 mi · 11w faster
  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Blackpool47w · 19 mi · 1w faster
  • Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool47w · 22 mi · 1w faster
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 26 mi · 15w faster

Other hospitals run by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Ramsey Buckshawe Hospital2 mi
  • Royal Preston Hospital9 mi

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