How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Whiston Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Whiston 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 Whiston Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Whiston Hospital.
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside33w · 30 mi · 4w faster
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent35w · 37 mi · 2w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees34w · 43 mi · 3w faster
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford35w · 47 mi · 2w faster
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham34w · 77 mi · 3w faster
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth29w · 83 mi · 8w faster
Other hospitals run by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Whiston Hospital Elective Surgical Hub0 mi
- St Helens Hospital3 mi
- Fairfield Hospital5 mi
- Broadgreen Hospital5 mi
- University Hospital Aintree7 mi
- Warrington Hospital7 mi
- Royal Liverpool University Hospital7 mi
- Walton Hospital Rice Lane8 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by knee replacement wait →
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