How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Royal Cornwall Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Royal Cornwall 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 Royal Cornwall Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Royal Cornwall Hospital.
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust · Plymouth50w · 44 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Duchy Hospital0 mi
- Falmouth Hospital8 mi
- Boscawen Ward - Falmouth Hospital8 mi
- Newquay Hospital10 mi
- Helston Hospital14 mi
- St Michael's Hospital16 mi
- Edward Hain Hospital18 mi
- Bodmin Hospital21 mi
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