How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Royal Preston Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Preston 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 Preston Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Royal Preston Hospital.
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Blackpool47w · 13 mi · 1w faster
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan38w · 16 mi · 10w faster
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton47w · 20 mi · 1w faster
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley37w · 26 mi · 11w faster
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool47w · 28 mi · 1w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 31 mi · 13w faster
Other hospitals run by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Ramsey Buckshawe Hospital7 mi
- Chorley & South Ribble Hospital9 mi
- Chorley & South Ribble Hospital Elective Surgical Hub9 mi
- Lytham Hospital10 mi
- Royal Blackburn Hospital11 mi
- Queens Park Hospital11 mi
- Blackpool Victoria Hospital13 mi
- Clifton Hospital13 mi
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