NHS waiting times · South Norfolk · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Norfolk & Norwich University 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 Norfolk & Norwich University 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 Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital

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

  • James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Great Yarmouth38w · 21 mi · 30w faster
  • West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · West Suffolk47w · 34 mi · 21w faster
  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust · King's Lynn and West Norfolk57w · 34 mi · 11w faster
  • East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Colchester51w · 51 mi · 17w faster
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge45w · 55 mi · 23w faster
  • North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust · Peterborough50w · 63 mi · 18w 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.

  • Colman Hospital2 mi
  • Dereham Hospital13 mi
  • Beccles Hospital18 mi
  • James Paget Hospital21 mi
  • Cromer Hospital21 mi
  • Kelling Hospital21 mi
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital34 mi
  • Ipswich Hospital39 mi

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