NHS waiting times · Wakefield · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Dewsbury & District Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, which runs Dewsbury & District 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 Dewsbury & District Hospital

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

  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 7 mi · 10w faster
  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 19 mi · 9w faster
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 23 mi · 11w faster
  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport41w · 30 mi · 3w faster
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan38w · 41 mi · 6w faster
  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley37w · 50 mi · 7w faster

Other hospitals run by Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

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

  • Pinderfields General Hospital7 mi
  • Pontefract General Infirmary14 mi

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