How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Poole Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Poole 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 Poole Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Poole Hospital.
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire41w · 24 mi · 13w faster
- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · Portsmouth51w · 40 mi · 3w faster
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset38w · 50 mi · 16w faster
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Basingstoke and Deane48w · 54 mi · 6w faster
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon52w · 57 mi · 2w faster
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of31w · 58 mi · 23w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- St Mary's Hospital0 mi
- Poole Hospital (Emergency Dept)0 mi
- Poole Hospital (Medical)0 mi
- Poole Hospital (Paediatrics)0 mi
- Poole Hospital (Surgical)0 mi
- Poole Hospital Bcsc0 mi
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital7 mi
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital Bcsc7 mi
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