NHS waiting times · Lewisham · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

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

61weeks

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 Marys Hospital

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

  • Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford58w · 7 mi · 3w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 9 mi · 20w faster
  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth49w · 9 mi · 12w faster
  • Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets55w · 10 mi · 6w faster
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth46w · 11 mi · 15w faster
  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering49w · 11 mi · 12w faster

Other hospitals run by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

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

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital5 mi
  • University Hospital Lewisham6 mi

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