NHS waiting times · Lambeth · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at King's College Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs King's College 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's College Hospital

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

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth46w · 2 mi · 3w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 4 mi · 18w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 5 mi · 8w faster
  • St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth47w · 5 mi · 2w faster
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster49w · 5 mi
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 7 mi · 12w faster

Other hospitals run by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • King's College Hospital (Dulwich)1 mi
  • Kings @ Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich6 mi
  • Kings @ Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup9 mi
  • Princess Royal University Hospital10 mi
  • Orpington Hospital Elective Surgical Hub11 mi
  • Kings @ Erith & District Hospital11 mi
  • Orpington Hospital11 mi
  • Epsom Hospital13 mi

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