NHS waiting times · Lincoln · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs County Hospital Louth, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

46weeks

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 Louth

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

  • Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust · North East Lincolnshire45w · 13 mi · 1w faster
  • Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Barnsley44w · 63 mi · 2w faster
  • Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust · Wakefield44w · 65 mi · 2w faster
  • Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · North Northamptonshire43w · 74 mi · 3w faster
  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 77 mi · 12w faster
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge45w · 83 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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

  • Lincoln County Hospital23 mi
  • Pilgrim Hospital26 mi
  • John Coupland Hospital32 mi
  • Welland Hospital40 mi
  • Johnson Hospital40 mi
  • Grantham & District Hospital41 mi

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