How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Basildon Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Basildon 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 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
An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 3 weeks, with 29% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Basildon Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Basildon Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Basildon Hospital.
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow5w · 21 mi · 2w faster
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea7w · 27 mi
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes5w · 60 mi · 2w faster
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading5w · 61 mi · 2w faster
Other hospitals run by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Orsett Hospital5 mi
- Southend Hospital10 mi
- Mid Essex Hospital15 mi
- St Michael's Hospital23 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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