How long is the wait for a knee replacement at West Suffolk Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, which runs West Suffolk 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 West Suffolk Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to West Suffolk Hospital.
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge45w · 24 mi · 2w faster
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Great Yarmouth38w · 48 mi · 9w faster
- Whittington Health NHS Trust · Islington37w · 58 mi · 10w faster
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway44w · 59 mi · 3w faster
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust · Harrow38w · 60 mi · 9w faster
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Camden31w · 61 mi · 16w faster
Other hospitals run by West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- St Leonards Hospital13 mi
- Clacton and District Hospital36 mi
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