How long is the wait for a knee replacement at St Richards Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs St Richards 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 Richards Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to St Richards Hospital.
- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · Portsmouth51w · 13 mi · 2w faster
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Basingstoke and Deane48w · 34 mi · 5w faster
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead42w · 37 mi · 11w faster
- Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Runnymede53w · 38 mi
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton41w · 45 mi · 12w faster
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames49w · 45 mi · 4w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Worthing Hospital18 mi
- Southlands Hospital22 mi
- Royal Sussex County Hospital28 mi
- Brighton General Hospital29 mi
- Princess Royal Hospital31 mi
- Lewes Victoria Hospital33 mi
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