How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Birch Hill Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Birch Hill 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 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 3% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Birch Hill Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Birch Hill Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Birch Hill Hospital.
- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside4w · 10 mi · 18w faster
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees6w · 13 mi · 16w faster
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust · Manchester18w · 13 mi · 4w faster
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton12w · 14 mi · 10w faster
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Bradford12w · 18 mi · 10w faster
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport15w · 18 mi · 7w faster
Other hospitals run by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Rochdale Infirmary2 mi
- The Royal Oldham Hospital6 mi
- Fairfield General Hospital6 mi
- Oaklands Hospital13 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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