NHS waiting times · Nottingham · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Nottingham City Hospital?

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

103weeks

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 Nottingham City Hospital

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

  • University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust · Derby55w · 16 mi · 48w faster
  • Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Chesterfield55w · 20 mi · 48w faster
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · Leicester61w · 25 mi · 42w faster
  • The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust · Rotherham54w · 30 mi · 49w faster
  • United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Lincoln46w · 31 mi · 57w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth29w · 36 mi · 74w faster

Other hospitals run by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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

  • Nottingham Woodthorpe Hospital (Nuh)1 mi
  • The Park Hospital Nottingham (Nuh)4 mi
  • Kings Mill Hospital Site10 mi
  • Royal Derby Hospital (Nuh)16 mi
  • Newark Hospital Site16 mi
  • Grantham & District Hospital (Nuh)22 mi
  • Burton Hospital (Nuh)24 mi
  • Lincoln Hospital (Nuh)31 mi

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