How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care 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 Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool31w · 29 mi · 5w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough32w · 39 mi · 4w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 83 mi · 1w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 99 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Cobalt Hospital4 mi
- North Tyneside General Hospital5 mi
- Ashington Hospital7 mi
- Wansbeck General Hospital8 mi
- Hexham General Hospital22 mi
- Alnwick Infirmary24 mi
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