How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Watford General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Watford General Hospital, 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 Watford General Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Watford General Hospital.
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow38w · 4 mi · 14w faster
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent52w · 6 mi
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon46w · 9 mi · 6w faster
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire51w · 9 mi · 1w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 13 mi · 15w faster
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster49w · 13 mi · 3w faster
Other hospitals run by West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Urgent Care Hemel Hempstead Hospital0 mi
- Urgent Care, Watford General Hospital0 mi
- Mount Vernon Hospital3 mi
- St Albans City Hospital8 mi
- Hemel Hempstead Hospital8 mi
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