Nearly ten months' wait for a knee replacement: how much patience would you have?

The government is launching a waiting-list reduction programme, while patients may currently wait nearly ten months for knee replacement surgery. What do you think about the wait, and what would you do? This is not medical advice, just habits and attitudes.

1. Patients currently wait nearly ten months for knee replacement surgery. How long a wait is still acceptable for such an operation?
2. The government is launching a waiting-list reduction programme. Do you think waiting lists will really get shorter soon?
3. What would help most to shorten waiting lists? You can select up to three answers.
4. If you had to wait ten months for knee surgery, what would you do?
5. After how many months of waiting would you start looking for private care for a non-life-threatening operation?
6. How much do you agree with the following statements?
7. What would have helped you or someone around you the most during the wait?