NHS waiting times · Dartford · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, which runs Erith & District Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

58weeks

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 Erith & District Hospital

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

  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering49w · 6 mi · 9w faster
  • Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney52w · 10 mi · 6w faster
  • Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets55w · 10 mi · 3w faster
  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth49w · 11 mi · 9w faster
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth46w · 12 mi · 12w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 13 mi · 17w faster

Other hospitals run by Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

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

  • Darent Valley Hospital5 mi

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