NHS waiting times · Bradford · General Surgery

How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Airedale General Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Airedale General Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

9weeks

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

2weekstypical ultrasound wait · June 2026

An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Airedale NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 1% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

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

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Airedale General Hospital

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

  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees6w · 18 mi · 3w faster
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside4w · 28 mi · 5w faster
  • County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust · Darlington6w · 47 mi · 3w faster
  • Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Chesterfield4w · 51 mi · 5w faster
  • South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough8w · 54 mi · 1w faster
  • The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Newcastle upon Tyne5w · 78 mi · 4w faster

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