How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Leicester Royal Infirmary?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, which runs Leicester Royal Infirmary, and it is the wait that applies to you here.
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 Leicester Royal Infirmary
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Leicester Royal Infirmary.
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth29w · 16 mi · 32w faster
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry52w · 19 mi · 9w faster
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · North Northamptonshire43w · 23 mi · 18w faster
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust · Derby55w · 25 mi · 6w faster
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust · West Northamptonshire41w · 29 mi · 20w faster
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick24w · 30 mi · 37w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Leicester General Hospital Elective Surgical Hub2 mi
- Leicester General Hospital2 mi
- Glenfield Hospital3 mi
- Glenfield Hospital Elective Surgical Hub3 mi
- Loughborough Hospital11 mi
- Fielding Palmer Hospital12 mi
- Feilding Palmer Hospital12 mi
- St Lukes Hospital13 mi
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