How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Cobalt Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Cobalt 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 Cobalt Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Cobalt Hospital.
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool31w · 25 mi · 5w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough32w · 35 mi · 4w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 80 mi · 1w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 95 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- North Tyneside General Hospital2 mi
- Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital4 mi
- Wansbeck General Hospital11 mi
- Ashington Hospital11 mi
- Hexham General Hospital23 mi
- Alnwick Infirmary28 mi
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