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Gallbladder removal  ·  Spelthorne ·  General surgery

Gallbladder removal waiting time at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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We do not show a gallbladder removal wait for Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Too few gallbladder removal pathways completed here recently for the figure to be reliable, so showing it could mislead you. Below: how many people are waiting here, and nearby hospitals where we can give a reliable gallbladder removal wait.

NHS RTT data, August 2026

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About gallstones

Gallstones are small stones that form in the gallbladder, a small organ under the liver. Many people have them without symptoms.

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More about Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

How long people have been waiting

273
84
0 to 18 weeks
Over 18 weeks
People on the general surgery waiting list now, split by whether they have passed the 18-week target, August 2026. Whole specialty.

Before treatment: the ultrasound queue

An ultrasound scan is one of the scans often used before treatment, and it is a separate NHS queue. At Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 4 weeks, with 33% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).

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NHS hospitals near Spelthorne

Ashford Hospital (current)
0 mi
n/a
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon
6 mi
27 weeks
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent
11 mi
35 weeks
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea
13 mi
6 weeks
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton
13 mi
29 weeks
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea
13 mi
39 weeks
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wandsworth
13 mi
51 weeks
Weeks waited by patients treated in August 2026, whole specialty, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.

How we know this

NHS RTT data, August 2026.
General surgery as a whole, not gallbladder removal alone.
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