NHS waiting times · Worthing · Trauma & Orthopaedics

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Worthing 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 Worthing Hospital

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

  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead42w · 29 mi · 11w faster
  • Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · Portsmouth51w · 31 mi · 2w faster
  • Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Runnymede53w · 39 mi
  • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton41w · 40 mi · 12w faster
  • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust · Croydon41w · 41 mi · 12w faster
  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings44w · 41 mi · 9w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Goring Hall Hospital3 mi
  • Southlands Hospital5 mi
  • Zachary Merton Hospital6 mi
  • Royal Sussex County Hospital11 mi
  • Brighton General Hospital11 mi
  • Royal Alexandra Hospital11 mi
  • Lewes Victoria Hospital16 mi
  • Princess Royal Hospital17 mi

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