How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Ipswich 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 Ipswich 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 Ipswich Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Ipswich Hospital.
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · West Suffolk47w · 24 mi · 4w faster
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Great Yarmouth38w · 41 mi · 13w faster
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge45w · 46 mi · 6w faster
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway44w · 55 mi · 7w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering49w · 55 mi · 2w faster
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone37w · 62 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 General Hospital16 mi
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