NHS waiting times · Canterbury · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Kent & Canterbury Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Kent & Canterbury Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

54weeks

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 Kent & Canterbury Hospital

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

  • Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway44w · 25 mi · 10w faster
  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone37w · 26 mi · 17w faster
  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings44w · 35 mi · 10w faster
  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering49w · 44 mi · 5w faster
  • East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Colchester51w · 45 mi · 3w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 52 mi · 13w faster

Other hospitals run by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • William Harvey Hospital11 mi
  • One Ashford Hospital11 mi
  • Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital15 mi

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