How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Colchester General Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Colchester General Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.
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 Colchester General Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Colchester General Hospital.
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · West Suffolk47w · 24 mi · 4w faster
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge45w · 37 mi · 6w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering49w · 39 mi · 2w faster
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway44w · 40 mi · 7w faster
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone37w · 47 mi · 14w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 50 mi · 14w faster
Other hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust Hq0 mi
- Halstead Hospital11 mi
- Clacton and District Hospital14 mi
- St Michaels Hospital15 mi
- Ipswich Hospital Elective Surgical Hub16 mi
- Ipswich Hospital16 mi
- Felixstowe Hospital20 mi
- Broomfield Hospital21 mi
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