NHS waiting times · Dudley · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Guest Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Guest Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

42weeks

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 Guest Hospital

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

  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham38w · 7 mi · 4w faster
  • The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham34w · 8 mi · 8w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth29w · 25 mi · 13w faster
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick24w · 26 mi · 18w faster
  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent35w · 34 mi · 7w faster
  • Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust · West Northamptonshire41w · 54 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Russells Hall Hospital2 mi
  • Corbett Hospital5 mi

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