How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Royal Free Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Free 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 Royal Free Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Royal Free Hospital.
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 1 mi · 16w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 2 mi · 22w faster
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster49w · 2 mi · 4w faster
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth46w · 4 mi · 7w faster
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney52w · 5 mi · 1w faster
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea52w · 5 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth1 mi
- The Whittington Hospital1 mi
- Wellington Hospital2 mi
- University College London Hospital2 mi
- North Middlesex Hospital6 mi
- Barnet Hospital7 mi
- Hadley Wood Hospital7 mi
- Chase Farm Hospital8 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by knee replacement wait →
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