NHS waiting times · Leeds · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

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

53weeks

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 Wharfedale Hospital

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

  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford50w · 8 mi · 3w faster
  • Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire49w · 9 mi · 4w faster
  • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 11 mi · 18w faster
  • Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust · Wakefield44w · 18 mi · 9w faster
  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 19 mi · 19w faster
  • York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · York50w · 25 mi · 3w faster

Other hospitals run by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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

  • Chapel Allerton Hospital9 mi
  • Leeds General Infirmary10 mi
  • St James's University Hospital10 mi
  • Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary10 mi
  • Seacroft Hospital12 mi

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