How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Royal Stoke University Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs Royal Stoke University 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 Stoke University Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Royal Stoke University Hospital.
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 34 mi · 2w faster
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham34w · 42 mi · 1w faster
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth29w · 46 mi · 6w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 48 mi · 1w faster
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick24w · 56 mi · 11w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- St Jude's Hospital1 mi
- Bradwell Hospital3 mi
- Longton Hospital4 mi
- Haywood Hospital4 mi
- Cheadle Hospital9 mi
- Leek Moorlands Hospital11 mi
- County Hospital14 mi
- Leighton Hospital14 mi
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