Knee replacement · North Norfolk · Trauma and orthopaedics
Knee replacement waiting time at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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weeks
Actual referral-to-treatment wait in August 2026.
NHS RTT data, August 2026
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About knee osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is a condition that makes joints painful and stiff. In the knee, the protective cartilage on the ends of the bones breaks down, which causes pain, stiffness and problems moving the joint.
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How long people have been waiting
4,085
4,382
0 to 18 weeks
Over 18 weeks
People on the trauma and orthopaedics waiting list now, split by whether they have passed the 18-week target, August 2026. Whole specialty.
NHS hospitals near North Norfolk
Cromer Hospital (current)
0 mi
58 weeks
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Great Yarmouth
30 mi
17 weeks
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust · King's Lynn and West Norfolk
38 mi
42 weeks
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · West Suffolk
54 mi
38 weeks
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust · Peterborough
70 mi
21 weeks
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge
71 mi
26 weeks
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust · North East Lincolnshire
72 mi
26 weeks
Weeks waited by patients treated in August 2026, whole specialty, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS RTT data, August 2026.
Trauma and orthopaedics as a whole, not knee replacement alone.
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