How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 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 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham34w · 2 mi · 4w faster
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick24w · 19 mi · 14w faster
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth29w · 20 mi · 9w faster
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent35w · 40 mi · 3w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes38w · 59 mi
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 72 mi · 5w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital0 mi
- The Harborne Hospital1 mi
- Royal Orthopaedic Hospital2 mi
- Birmingham City Hospital3 mi
- West Heath Hospital4 mi
- Heartlands Hospital5 mi
- Sandwell General Hospital6 mi
- Solihull Hospital7 mi
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