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FOI 7421 - Knee Surgery Data

Date: 04 July 2022 to 04 July 2025

  1. Does you hospital undertake knee replacements on the NHS?  
  2. If so, what is the average waiting time between referral and surgery? 
  3. Can you please confirm whether knee replacement surgeries were undertaken during 2020?  
  4. If they were, was there a reduction in the number of surgeries?  How long was the average waiting time? 
  5. If surgeries were not undertaken during 2020, when did they resume and what was the average waiting time? 
  6. Does your hospital have a policy regarding minimum age for knee replacements on the NHS?  
  7. If so? What is the minimum age?  
  8. Are there any other factors or criteria that may prevent a patient getting a knee replacement on the NHS?  
  9. Does the NHS provide after care following the surgery such as physiotherapy?  
  • Request ID:
    7421
  • Category:
    Trust - Service Data
  • Response:

     July 2022

    1. Does you hospital undertake knee replacements on the NHS?  Yes
    2. If so, what is the average waiting time between referral and surgery? The current average wait time between referral and surgery for a knee replacement is 247 days.
    3. Can you please confirm whether knee replacement surgeries were undertaken during 2020?  Yes
    4. If they were, was there a reduction in the number of surgeries?  Yes  How long was the average waiting time? Please see below
      • 2018: Number of knee replacement surgeries: 195.  Average Wait (from referral to surgery): 212
      • 2019: Number of knee replacement surgeries: 238.  Average Wait (from referral to surgery): 187
      • 2020: Number of knee replacement surgeries: 101.  Average Wait (from referral to surgery): 192
    5. If surgeries were not undertaken during 2020, when did they resume and what was the average waiting time? N/A
    6. Does your hospital have a policy regarding minimum age for knee replacements on the NHS?  No
    7. If so? What is the minimum age?  N/A
    8. Are there any other factors or criteria that may prevent a patient getting a knee replacement on the NHS?  No
    9. Does the NHS provide after care following the surgery such as physiotherapy?  Yes