NHS waiting times · Knowsley · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Ormskirk and District General Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Ormskirk and District General Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

37weeks

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 Ormskirk and District General Hospital

Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Ormskirk and District General Hospital.

  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 33 mi · 4w faster
  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 44 mi · 3w faster
  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 44 mi · 2w faster
  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent35w · 47 mi · 2w faster
  • The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham34w · 88 mi · 3w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth29w · 93 mi · 8w faster

Other hospitals run by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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

  • Southport and Formby District General Hospital6 mi
  • Whiston Hospital11 mi
  • St Helens Hospital11 mi

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