How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Dorset County Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Dorset County 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 Dorset County Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Dorset County Hospital.
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole54w · 21 mi · 4w faster
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire41w · 37 mi · 17w faster
- Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Exeter56w · 46 mi · 2w faster
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset38w · 47 mi · 20w faster
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · Southampton55w · 47 mi · 3w faster
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust · Isle of Wight57w · 50 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Portland Hospital10 mi
- Yeatman Hospital17 mi
- Yeovil District Hospital18 mi
- Poole Hospital21 mi
- St Leonards Hospital27 mi
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital28 mi
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