How long is the wait for a knee replacement at St Michael's Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Michael's 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 St Michael's Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to St Michael's Hospital.
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 7 mi · 16w faster
- Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Hackney52w · 8 mi · 1w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 10 mi · 22w faster
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow38w · 10 mi · 15w faster
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth46w · 11 mi · 7w faster
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster49w · 11 mi · 4w 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.
- Chase Farm Hospital1 mi
- North Middlesex Hospital3 mi
- Hadley Wood Hospital5 mi
- Barnet Hospital6 mi
- Royal Free Hospital8 mi
- Mount Vernon Hospital16 mi
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