How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Luton & Dunstable Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Luton & Dunstable Hospital, 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 Luton & Dunstable Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Luton & Dunstable Hospital.
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust · Stevenage55w · 11 mi · 5w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes38w · 14 mi · 22w faster
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire51w · 17 mi · 9w faster
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford52w · 17 mi · 8w faster
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow38w · 19 mi · 22w faster
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent52w · 23 mi · 8w faster
Other hospitals run by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Bedford Hospital South Wing16 mi
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