NHS waiting times · Westmorland and Furness · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Westmorland General Hospital?

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

51weeks

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 Westmorland General Hospital

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

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Blackpool47w · 35 mi · 4w faster
  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston48w · 36 mi · 3w faster
  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen51w · 41 mi
  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 42 mi · 16w faster
  • North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Cumberland49w · 42 mi · 2w faster
  • County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust · Darlington47w · 49 mi · 4w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Westmorland General Hospital Laboratory0 mi
  • Westmorland General Hospital Elective Surgical Hub0 mi
  • Queen Victoria Hospital17 mi
  • Royal Lancaster Infirmary18 mi
  • Royal Lancaster Infirmary Laboratory18 mi
  • Furness General Hospital23 mi
  • Millom Hospital23 mi
  • West Cumberland Hospital37 mi

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