NHS waiting times · Bath and North East Somerset · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Royal United Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal United Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

38weeks

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 United Hospital

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

  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of31w · 10 mi · 7w faster
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick24w · 71 mi · 14w faster
  • The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham34w · 73 mi · 4w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth29w · 87 mi · 9w faster
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 97 mi · 7w faster
  • Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 98 mi · 1w faster

Other hospitals run by Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases0 mi
  • St Martins Hospital (Bath)2 mi
  • Sulis Hospital Bath6 mi
  • Royal United Hospital Peasedown6 mi
  • Paulton Hospital8 mi
  • Trowbridge Hospital9 mi
  • Melksham Hospital11 mi
  • Sulis Hospital Bath Elective Surgical Hub12 mi

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