NHS waiting times · Hastings · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Conquest Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

44weeks

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 Conquest Hospital

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

  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone37w · 27 mi · 7w faster
  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead42w · 39 mi · 2w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 46 mi · 3w faster
  • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton41w · 47 mi · 3w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 54 mi · 13w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 56 mi · 7w faster

Other hospitals run by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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

  • Bexhill Hospital5 mi
  • Hawkhurst Hospital12 mi
  • Amberstone Hospital (Site)13 mi
  • Eastbourne District General Hospital15 mi
  • Uckfield Hospital21 mi
  • Lewes Victoria Hospital25 mi

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