NHS waiting times · Worthing · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Lewes Victoria Hospital?

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

53weeks

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 Lewes Victoria Hospital

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

  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead42w · 25 mi · 11w faster
  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings44w · 25 mi · 9w faster
  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone37w · 35 mi · 16w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 36 mi · 12w faster
  • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton41w · 36 mi · 12w faster
  • St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth47w · 39 mi · 6w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Royal Sussex County Hospital6 mi
  • Brighton General Hospital6 mi
  • Princess Royal Hospital9 mi
  • Southlands Hospital11 mi
  • Worthing Hospital16 mi
  • St Richards Hospital33 mi

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