NHS waiting times · Tower Hamlets · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Mile End Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs Mile End Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

55weeks

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 Mile End Hospital

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

  • Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney52w · 2 mi · 3w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 4 mi · 24w faster
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth46w · 4 mi · 9w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 5 mi · 18w faster
  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth49w · 5 mi · 6w faster
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster49w · 6 mi · 6w faster

Other hospitals run by Barts Health NHS Trust

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

  • The Royal London Hospital1 mi
  • St Bartholomew's Hospital3 mi
  • Newham General Hospital3 mi
  • Whipps Cross University Hospital4 mi
  • Wanstead Hospital5 mi

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