NHS waiting times · Wirral · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

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

43weeks

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 Clatterbridge Hospital

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

  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester42w · 10 mi · 1w faster
  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley37w · 12 mi · 6w faster
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan38w · 23 mi · 5w faster
  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport41w · 37 mi · 2w faster
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 41 mi · 10w faster
  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent35w · 41 mi · 8w faster

Other hospitals run by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Arrowe Park Hospital4 mi

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