NHS waiting times · General Surgery
Gallbladder removal waiting times by hospital, fastest first
The NHS publishes waits for general surgery as a whole. The fastest is Tameside General Hospital at about 3 weeks, the slowest Worthing Hospital at about 56 weeks. The national median wait is about 17 weeks.
Updated August 2026 · (Referral to Treatment: the NHS wait-time framework)
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. Each wait below is the figure for the NHS trust that runs that hospital, so hospitals run by the same trust share one number.
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- Princess Alexandra HospitalHarlow4 weeks
- Royal Berkshire HospitalReading5 weeks
- Calderdale Royal HospitalCalderdale6 weeks
- Darlington Memorial HospitalDarlington6 weeks
- Freeman HospitalNewcastle upon Tyne6 weeks
- Hexham General HospitalNorthumberland6 weeks
- Huddersfield Royal InfirmaryKirklees6 weeks
- Milton Keynes HospitalMilton Keynes6 weeks
- North Tyneside General HospitalNorth Tyneside6 weeks
- Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care HospitalNorthumberland6 weeks
- Salisbury District HospitalWiltshire6 weeks
- Shotley Bridge HospitalCounty Durham6 weeks
- The Royal Victoria InfirmaryNewcastle upon Tyne6 weeks
- University Hospital of North DurhamCounty Durham6 weeks
- Wansbeck General HospitalNorthumberland6 weeks
- Bridgwater HospitalSomerset7 weeks
- Chesterfield Royal HospitalChesterfield7 weeks
- Chorley & South Ribble HospitalChorley7 weeks
- Musgrove Park HospitalSomerset7 weeks
- Queen Alexandra HospitalPortsmouth7 weeks
- Royal Preston HospitalPreston7 weeks
- Yeovil District HospitalSomerset7 weeks
- Basildon HospitalBasildon8 weeks
- Broomfield HospitalChelmsford8 weeks
- Chapel Allerton HospitalLeeds8 weeks
- Leeds General InfirmaryLeeds8 weeks
- Southend HospitalSouthend-on-Sea8 weeks
- St James's University HospitalLeeds8 weeks
- Wharfedale HospitalLeeds8 weeks
- Stratford HospitalStratford-on-Avon9 weeks
- Warwick HospitalWarwick9 weeks
- Christchurch HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole10 weeks
- Poole HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole10 weeks
- Royal Bournemouth HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole10 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole10 weeks
- Crawley HospitalCrawley11 weeks
- East Surrey HospitalReigate and Banstead11 weeks
- Hospital of St CrossRugby11 weeks
- Royal Bolton HospitalBolton11 weeks
- Stepping Hill HospitalStockport11 weeks
- University HospitalCoventry11 weeks
- Dewsbury & District HospitalKirklees12 weeks
- Harrogate District HospitalNorth Yorkshire12 weeks
- Kent & Canterbury HospitalCanterbury12 weeks
- Pinderfields General HospitalWakefield12 weeks
- Pontefract General InfirmaryWakefield12 weeks
- Princess Royal HospitalTelford12 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGateshead12 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother HospitalThanet12 weeks
- Rotherham District General HospitalRotherham12 weeks
- Royal Shrewsbury HospitalShropshire12 weeks
- South Tyneside District HospitalSouth Tyneside12 weeks
- Sunderland Royal HospitalSunderland12 weeks
- William Harvey HospitalAshford12 weeks
- Guy's HospitalSouthwark13 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalGreenwich13 weeks
- Queen Marys HospitalBexley13 weeks
- Queen's Hospital BurtonBurton upon Trent13 weeks
- Royal Derby HospitalDerby13 weeks
- St Thomas' HospitalLambeth13 weeks
- The Great Western HospitalSwindon13 weeks
- University Hospital LewishamLewisham13 weeks
- Castle Hill HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire14 weeks
- Conquest HospitalHastings14 weeks
- Eastbourne District General HospitalEastbourne14 weeks
- Hull Royal InfirmaryKingston upon Hull, City of14 weeks
- The Queen Elizabeth HospitalKing's Lynn and West Norfolk14 weeks
- Barnsley HospitalBarnsley15 weeks
- Bedford HospitalBedford15 weeks
- Cromer HospitalNorth Norfolk15 weeks
- Luton & Dunstable HospitalLuton15 weeks
- Norfolk & Norwich University HospitalSouth Norfolk15 weeks
- Royal Cornwall HospitalCornwall15 weeks
- St Austell Surgical HubCornwall15 weeks
- West Cornwall HospitalCornwall15 weeks
- County HospitalStafford16 weeks
- Good Hope HospitalSutton Coldfield16 weeks
- Halton HospitalHalton16 weeks
- Heartlands HospitalBirmingham16 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth HospitalBirmingham16 weeks
- Royal Stoke University HospitalStoke-on-Trent16 weeks
- Solihull HospitalSolihull16 weeks
- St Albans City HospitalSt Albans16 weeks
- Warrington HospitalWarrington16 weeks
- Watford General HospitalWatford16 weeks
- City HospitalBirmingham17 weeks
- Hereford County HospitalHerefordshire, County of17 weeks
- Midland Metropolitan University HospitalSandwell17 weeks
- Rowley Regis HospitalSandwell17 weeks
- Royal Surrey County HospitalGuildford17 weeks
- Sandwell General HospitalSandwell17 weeks
- County Hospital LouthEast Lindsey18 weeks
- Grantham & District HospitalGrantham18 weeks
- Guest HospitalDudley18 weeks
- Johnson HospitalSouth Holland18 weeks
- Lincoln County HospitalLincoln18 weeks
- Pilgrim HospitalBoston18 weeks
- Russells Hall HospitalDudley18 weeks
- Churchill HospitalOxford19 weeks
- Fairfield General HospitalBury19 weeks
- Horton General HospitalCherwell19 weeks
- John Radcliffe HospitalOxford19 weeks
- Nuffield Orthopaedic CentreOxford19 weeks
- Ormskirk and District General HospitalWest Lancashire19 weeks
- Rochdale InfirmaryRochdale19 weeks
- Southport and Formby District General HospitalSefton19 weeks
- St Helens HospitalSt. Helens19 weeks
- The Royal Oldham HospitalOldham19 weeks
- Whiston HospitalKnowsley19 weeks
- Alexandra HospitalRedditch20 weeks
- Kidderminster HospitalWyre Forest20 weeks
- Lister HospitalStevenage20 weeks
- Princess Anne HospitalSouthampton20 weeks
- Queen Elizabeth I I HospitalWelwyn Hatfield20 weeks
- Southampton General HospitalSouthampton20 weeks
- Worcestershire Royal HospitalWorcester20 weeks
- Manchester Royal InfirmaryManchester21 weeks
- North Manchester General HospitalManchester21 weeks
- Trafford General HospitalTrafford21 weeks
- Wythenshawe HospitalManchester21 weeks
- Countess of Chester HospitalCheshire West and Chester22 weeks
- Diana, Princess of Wales HospitalNorth East Lincolnshire22 weeks
- Goole & District HospitalEast Riding of Yorkshire22 weeks
- Scunthorpe General HospitalNorth Lincolnshire22 weeks
- North Devon District HospitalNorth Devon23 weeks
- Royal Devon & Exeter HospitalExeter23 weeks
- University Hospital of HartlepoolHartlepool23 weeks
- University Hospital of North TeesStockton-on-Tees23 weeks
- Hinchingbrooke HospitalHuntingdonshire24 weeks
- Peterborough City HospitalPeterborough24 weeks
- Medway Maritime HospitalMedway25 weeks
- Royal United HospitalBath and North East Somerset25 weeks
- Bassetlaw HospitalBassetlaw26 weeks
- Bristol Royal InfirmaryBristol, City of26 weeks
- Doncaster Royal InfirmaryDoncaster26 weeks
- Friarage HospitalNorth Yorkshire26 weeks
- Homerton University HospitalHackney26 weeks
- Montagu HospitalDoncaster26 weeks
- St Michael's HospitalBristol, City of26 weeks
- The James Cook University HospitalMiddlesbrough26 weeks
- Weston General HospitalNorth Somerset26 weeks
- Airedale General HospitalBradford27 weeks
- Hillingdon HospitalHillingdon27 weeks
- George Eliot HospitalNuneaton and Bedworth28 weeks
- Epsom HospitalEpsom and Ewell29 weeks
- Kettering General HospitalNorth Northamptonshire29 weeks
- King's Mill HospitalAshfield29 weeks
- Leatherhead HospitalMole Valley29 weeks
- Macclesfield District General HospitalCheshire East29 weeks
- Newark HospitalNewark and Sherwood29 weeks
- St Helier HospitalSutton29 weeks
- Cannock Chase HospitalCannock Chase30 weeks
- New Cross HospitalWolverhampton30 weeks
- Burnley General HospitalBurnley31 weeks
- Frimley Park HospitalSurrey Heath31 weeks
- Heatherwood HospitalWindsor and Maidenhead31 weeks
- James Paget University HospitalGreat Yarmouth31 weeks
- Mile End HospitalTower Hamlets31 weeks
- Newham General HospitalNewham31 weeks
- Royal Blackburn HospitalBlackburn with Darwen31 weeks
- St Bartholomew's HospitalCity of London31 weeks
- The Royal London HospitalTower Hamlets31 weeks
- Wexham Park HospitalSlough31 weeks
- Whipps Cross University HospitalWaltham Forest31 weeks
- Glenfield HospitalLeicester32 weeks
- Leicester General HospitalLeicester32 weeks
- Leicester Royal InfirmaryLeicester32 weeks
- St Lukes HospitalHarborough32 weeks
- The Maidstone HospitalMaidstone33 weeks
- The Tunbridge Wells HospitalTunbridge Wells33 weeks
- Central Middlesex HospitalBrent35 weeks
- Cumberland InfirmaryCumberland35 weeks
- Northwick Park HospitalBrent35 weeks
- West Cumberland HospitalCumberland35 weeks
- Charing Cross HospitalHammersmith and Fulham36 weeks
- Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith and Fulham36 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalWestminster36 weeks
- Dorothy Pattison HospitalWalsall37 weeks
- Walsall Manor HospitalWalsall37 weeks
- Croydon University HospitalCroydon38 weeks
- Addenbrooke's HospitalCambridge39 weeks
- Chelsea & Westminster HospitalKensington and Chelsea39 weeks
- Colchester General HospitalColchester39 weeks
- Ipswich HospitalIpswich39 weeks
- West Middlesex University HospitalHounslow39 weeks
- St Mary's HospitalIsle of Wight40 weeks
- Darent Valley HospitalDartford41 weeks
- Furness General HospitalWestmorland and Furness41 weeks
- Royal Lancaster InfirmaryLancaster41 weeks
- Westmorland General HospitalWestmorland and Furness41 weeks
- Amersham HospitalBuckinghamshire42 weeks
- Leighton HospitalCheshire East42 weeks
- Stoke Mandeville HospitalBuckinghamshire42 weeks
- Victoria InfirmaryCheshire West and Chester42 weeks
- Wycombe HospitalBuckinghamshire42 weeks
- The Whittington HospitalIslington43 weeks
- Barnet HospitalBarnet44 weeks
- Chase Farm HospitalEnfield44 weeks
- King George HospitalRedbridge44 weeks
- Leigh InfirmaryWigan44 weeks
- North Middlesex HospitalEnfield44 weeks
- Nottingham City HospitalNottingham44 weeks
- Queen's HospitalHavering44 weeks
- Queen's Medical CentreNottingham44 weeks
- Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryWigan44 weeks
- Royal Free HospitalCamden44 weeks
- Wrightington HospitalWest Lancashire44 weeks
- Dorset County HospitalDorset45 weeks
- Broadgreen HospitalLiverpool50 weeks
- Royal Liverpool University HospitalLiverpool50 weeks
- University Hospital AintreeLiverpool50 weeks
- West Suffolk HospitalWest Suffolk50 weeks
- King's College HospitalLambeth51 weeks
- Orpington HospitalBromley51 weeks
- Princess Royal University HospitalBromley51 weeks
- St George's HospitalWandsworth51 weeks
- Basingstoke and North Hampshire HospitalBasingstoke and Deane52 weeks
- Basingstoke General HospitalTest Valley52 weeks
- Royal Hampshire County HospitalWinchester52 weeks
- Winchester County HospitalTest Valley52 weeks
- Brighton General HospitalBrighton and Hove56 weeks
- Princess Royal HospitalMid Sussex56 weeks
- Royal Sussex County HospitalBrighton and Hove56 weeks
- Southlands HospitalAdur56 weeks
- St Richards HospitalChichester56 weeks
- Worthing HospitalWorthing56 weeks
Hospitals with no usable figure
These trusts do not publish a wait we can compare fairly to a gallbladder removal, so we show no number rather than a misleading one. Each page explains why.
- Arrowe Park Hospital · WirralPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Ashford Hospital · SpelthornePublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Blackpool Victoria Hospital · BlackpoolPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Bradford Royal Infirmary · BradfordPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Bridlington and District Hospital · East Riding of YorkshireDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Cheltenham General Hospital · CheltenhamPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Clatterbridge Hospital · WirralPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Derriford Hospital · PlymouthDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital · GloucesterPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Hospital for Tropical Diseases · CamdenPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Kingston Hospital · Kingston upon ThamesPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Lymington Hospital · New ForestDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Northampton General Hospital · West NorthamptonshireDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Northern General Hospital · SheffieldDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Royal Hallamshire Hospital · SheffieldDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital · HarrowDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Royal South Hants Hospital · SouthamptonDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Scarborough General Hospital · North YorkshireDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- St Lukes Hospital · BradfordPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- St Peter's Hospital · RunnymedePublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Torbay Hospital · TorbayDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- Torbay Hospital Annexe · TorbayDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- UCLH Outreach: St Pancras Hospital · CamdenPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- University College Hospital · CamdenPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street · CamdenPublishes a figure, but from too few completed pathways to be reliable.
- Weston Park Hospital · SheffieldDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
- York Hospital · YorkDoes not report general surgery waiting times to NHS England.
227 hospitals with a published wait, plus 27 without. Each figure is how long half of patients wait for the whole General Surgery specialty at the trust that runs the hospital, from GP referral to the start of treatment: the NHS does not publish a wait for gallbladder removal on its own. One hospital per trust for now; larger trusts run several.
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