NHS waiting times · Stoke-on-Trent · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs County Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

35weeks

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 County Hospital

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

  • The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham34w · 28 mi · 1w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth29w · 33 mi · 6w faster
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick24w · 42 mi · 11w faster
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 47 mi · 2w faster
  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 59 mi · 1w faster
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of31w · 96 mi · 4w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

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

  • St George's Hospital1 mi
  • Royal Stoke University Hospital14 mi

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