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NICE says hip replacement should be available on the NHS for end-stage hip arthritis when your doctor considers it the right treatment, subject to its recommendations.
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In United Kingdom (England), the reported wait was Trauma and Orthopaedic Service (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait): 13.77 weeks — median waiting time, patients still on the public waiting list (NHS England (Referral to Treatment), August 2026).
In United Kingdom (England), the reported wait was Trauma and Orthopaedic Service (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait): 41.72 weeks — 92% of patients still on the public waiting list waited this long or less (NHS England (Referral to Treatment), August 2026).
Source: NHS England (Referral to Treatment) · Source period: August 2026 · Captured: 2026-10-14 · n=1 observationsTrauma and Orthopaedic Service
Specialty-level proxy, not a procedure waiting time. Incomplete consultant-led referral-to-treatment pathways at month end; includes diagnostics and appointments. Published NHS median/p92 are estimates from aggregate data; values are copied, never calculated from bins. One specialty is intentionally referenced by multiple basket items; do not count these as independent cohorts.
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Public care information · Guidance reviewed: 2026-10-15
England (NICE TA304; individual clinical suitability applies) · Official public health information · Guidance reviewed: 2026-10-15
Official source quotation
What has NICE said? Artificial hips and hip resurfacing are recommended as possible treatments for people with end-stage arthritis of the hip. Only an artificial hip or hip resurfacing with a replacement rate of less than 1 in 20 at 10 years should be used. What does this mean for me? If you have end-stage hip arthritis, and your doctor thinks that an artificial hip or hip resurfacing is the right treatment, you should be able to have the treatment on the NHS.