NHS waiting times · Canterbury · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs William Harvey Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

54weeks

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 William Harvey Hospital

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

  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone37w · 21 mi · 17w faster
  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings44w · 23 mi · 10w faster
  • Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway44w · 23 mi · 10w faster
  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering49w · 43 mi · 5w faster
  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead42w · 47 mi · 12w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 48 mi · 13w faster

Other hospitals run by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • One Ashford Hospital0 mi
  • Kent & Canterbury Hospital11 mi
  • Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital26 mi

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