NHS waiting times · Havering · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs King George Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

49weeks

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 King George Hospital

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

  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 11 mi · 18w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 11 mi · 12w faster
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth46w · 11 mi · 3w faster
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster49w · 13 mi
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 16 mi · 8w faster
  • St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth47w · 16 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

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

  • Queen's Hospital3 mi

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