How long is the wait for a knee replacement at University Hospital Lewisham?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, which runs University Hospital Lewisham, 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 University Hospital Lewisham
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to University Hospital Lewisham.
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth49w · 3 mi · 12w faster
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · Lambeth46w · 5 mi · 15w faster
- Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets55w · 5 mi · 6w faster
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 6 mi · 20w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 7 mi · 30w faster
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth47w · 7 mi · 14w faster
Other hospitals run by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Blackheath Hospital1 mi
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital3 mi
- King's College Hospital3 mi
- Golden Jubilee Wing Suite 3, King's College Hospital3 mi
- Queen Marys Hospital6 mi
- Princess Royal University Hospital7 mi
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