NHS waiting times · Maidstone · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at The Maidstone Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, which runs The Maidstone Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

37weeks

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 The Maidstone Hospital

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

  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 32 mi · 6w faster

Other hospitals run by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

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

  • The Maidstone Hospital - Head & Neck0 mi
  • Preston Hall Hospital2 mi
  • Medway Maritime Hospital8 mi
  • The Tunbridge Wells Hospital12 mi
  • The Tunbridge Wells Hospital - Head & Neck12 mi
  • Sevenoaks Hospital13 mi
  • Darent Valley Hospital15 mi
  • Fordcombe Hospital16 mi

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