How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Queen Elizabeth Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth 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 Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Newcastle upon Tyne46w · 4 mi · 1w faster
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside36w · 7 mi · 11w faster
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland43w · 7 mi · 4w faster
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool31w · 22 mi · 16w faster
- County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust · Darlington47w · 28 mi
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough32w · 31 mi · 15w faster
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