How long is the wait for a knee replacement at University Hospital of North Durham?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, which runs University Hospital of North Durham, 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 of North Durham
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to University Hospital of North Durham.
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Sunderland43w · 11 mi · 4w faster
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Newcastle upon Tyne46w · 15 mi · 1w faster
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust · Hartlepool31w · 16 mi · 16w faster
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Tyneside36w · 17 mi · 11w faster
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough32w · 22 mi · 15w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 63 mi · 12w faster
Other hospitals run by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Shotley Bridge Hospital11 mi
- Darlington Memorial Hospital18 mi
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