How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, 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 Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Royal Albert Edward Infirmary.
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley37w · 11 mi · 1w faster
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 23 mi · 5w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 34 mi · 4w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 36 mi · 3w faster
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent35w · 42 mi · 3w faster
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham34w · 83 mi · 4w faster
Other hospitals run by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Wrightington Hospital4 mi
- Leight Infirmary Elective Surgical Hub6 mi
- Leigh Infirmary6 mi
- The Beaumont Hospital6 mi
- Fairfield Hospital7 mi
- Oaklands Hospital13 mi
- Renacres Hospital14 mi
- Bridgewater Hospital17 mi
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