How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Leigh Infirmary?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Leigh 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 Leigh Infirmary
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Leigh Infirmary.
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton47w · 5 mi · 4w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan38w · 6 mi · 13w faster
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester50w · 12 mi · 1w faster
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley37w · 13 mi · 14w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen51w · 16 mi
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 18 mi · 18w faster
Other hospitals run by North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Warrington Hospital9 mi
- Altrincham General Hospital11 mi
- Halton Hospital15 mi
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