How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Freeman Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Freeman 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 Freeman Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Freeman Hospital.
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside36w · 5 mi · 10w faster
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland43w · 10 mi · 3w faster
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool31w · 25 mi · 15w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough32w · 35 mi · 14w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 78 mi · 11w faster
- Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust · Wakefield44w · 91 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Freeman Hospital Elective Surgical Hub0 mi
- The Royal Victoria Infirmary2 mi
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital4 mi
- Bensham Hospital4 mi
- North Tyneside General Hospital5 mi
- South Tyneside District Hospital7 mi
- Sunderland Royal Hospital10 mi
- Wansbeck General Hospital13 mi
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