NHS waiting times · Liverpool · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at University Hospital Aintree?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs University Hospital Aintree, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

47weeks

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 University Hospital Aintree

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

  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley37w · 7 mi · 10w faster
  • Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Wirral43w · 10 mi · 4w faster
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan38w · 14 mi · 9w faster
  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester42w · 18 mi · 5w faster
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton47w · 21 mi
  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Blackpool47w · 25 mi

Other hospitals run by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Walton Hospital2 mi
  • Broadgreen Hospital4 mi
  • Royal Liverpool University Hospital4 mi

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