NHS waiting times · Cambridge · General Surgery

How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Addenbrooke's Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Addenbrooke's Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

24weeks

Updated June 2026 · (Referral to Treatment — the NHS wait-time framework)

This is how long half of patients wait for the whole General Surgery specialty at this trust, from GP referral to the start of treatment — the NHS does not publish a wait for gallbladder removal on its own.

Before treatment: the scan wait too

4weekstypical ultrasound wait · June 2026

An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 4 weeks, with 37% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See Addenbrooke's Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Addenbrooke's Hospital

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

  • The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow5w · 28 mi · 19w faster
  • Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Luton15w · 33 mi · 9w faster
  • Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes5w · 39 mi · 19w faster
  • West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford21w · 43 mi · 3w faster
  • Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust · West Northamptonshire9w · 44 mi · 15w faster
  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea7w · 49 mi · 17w faster

See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →

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