NHS waiting times · Islington · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Whittington Health NHS Trust, which runs The Whittington 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 Whittington Hospital

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

  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 3 mi · 6w faster
  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone37w · 34 mi
  • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick24w · 79 mi · 13w faster
  • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth29w · 87 mi · 8w faster
  • The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham34w · 97 mi · 3w faster

Other hospitals run by Whittington Health NHS Trust

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

  • The Whittington Hospital Elective Surgical Hub0 mi
  • St.ann's Hospital2 mi

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