NHS waiting times · Southend-on-Sea · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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 Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Michael's Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

77weeks

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.

  • East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Colchester51w · 15 mi · 26w faster
  • The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow51w · 21 mi · 26w faster
  • West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · West Suffolk47w · 25 mi · 30w faster
  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering49w · 26 mi · 28w faster
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge45w · 27 mi · 32w faster
  • East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust · Stevenage55w · 32 mi · 22w faster

Other hospitals run by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Mid Essex Hospital8 mi
  • Southend Hospital23 mi
  • Basildon Hospital23 mi
  • Orsett Hospital27 mi

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