NHS waiting times · Portsmouth · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Queen Alexandra Hospital?

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

51weeks

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 Queen Alexandra Hospital

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

  • Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Basingstoke and Deane48w · 30 mi · 3w faster
  • Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire41w · 34 mi · 10w faster
  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead42w · 47 mi · 9w faster
  • Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames49w · 52 mi · 2w faster
  • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton41w · 53 mi · 10w faster
  • The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon46w · 54 mi · 5w faster

Other hospitals run by Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

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

  • Queen Alexandra Hospital Elective Surgical Hub0 mi
  • St Mary's Hospital3 mi
  • Emsworth Hospital6 mi
  • St Richard's Hospital13 mi
  • Royal South Hants Hospital15 mi
  • Southampton General Hospital17 mi
  • Royal Hampshire County Hospital18 mi
  • Lymington New Forest Hospital22 mi

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