NHS waiting times · Exeter · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Heavitree Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

56weeks

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 Heavitree Hospital

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

  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth50w · 34 mi · 6w faster
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of31w · 65 mi · 25w faster
  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset38w · 67 mi · 18w faster
  • North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of41w · 67 mi · 15w faster
  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole54w · 67 mi · 2w faster
  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Cornwall52w · 76 mi · 4w faster

Other hospitals run by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital1 mi
  • Exmouth Hospital9 mi
  • Victoria Hospital12 mi
  • Tiverton and District Hospital13 mi
  • Honiton Hospital15 mi
  • Axminster Hospital23 mi
  • North Devon District Hospital35 mi

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