How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 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 the Queen Mother Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital.
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway44w · 37 mi · 10w faster
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone37w · 40 mi · 17w faster
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Colchester51w · 42 mi · 3w faster
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings44w · 49 mi · 10w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering49w · 54 mi · 5w faster
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow51w · 62 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Kent & Canterbury Hospital15 mi
- William Harvey Hospital26 mi
- One Ashford Hospital26 mi
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