NHS waiting times · Westmorland and Furness · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Royal Lancaster Infirmary?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Lancaster Infirmary, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

51weeks

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 Lancaster Infirmary

Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Blackpool47w · 18 mi · 4w faster
  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston48w · 18 mi · 3w faster
  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen51w · 25 mi
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan38w · 34 mi · 13w faster
  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 35 mi · 16w faster
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton47w · 37 mi · 4w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Westmorland General Hospital18 mi
  • Furness General Hospital18 mi

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