NHS waiting times · South Norfolk · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Cromer Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Cromer Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

68weeks

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 Cromer Hospital

Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Cromer Hospital.

  • James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Great Yarmouth38w · 30 mi · 30w faster
  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust · King's Lynn and West Norfolk57w · 38 mi · 11w faster
  • West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · West Suffolk47w · 54 mi · 21w faster
  • North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust · Peterborough50w · 70 mi · 18w faster
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge45w · 71 mi · 23w faster
  • Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust · North East Lincolnshire45w · 72 mi · 23w faster

Other hospitals run by Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.

  • Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital21 mi

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