How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Fairfield General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Fairfield General 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 Fairfield General Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Fairfield General Hospital.
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton47w · 8 mi · 3w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 11 mi · 17w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan38w · 16 mi · 12w faster
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport41w · 16 mi · 9w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 18 mi · 16w faster
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston48w · 23 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Rochdale Infirmary4 mi
- Birch Hill Hospital6 mi
- Royal Oldham Hospital6 mi
- North Manchester General Hospital6 mi
- Manchester Royal Infirmary10 mi
- Trafford General Hospital11 mi
- Wythenshawe Hospital15 mi
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