NHS waiting times · Kensington and Chelsea · General Surgery

How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital?

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

43weeks

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

3weekstypical ultrasound wait · June 2026

An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 3 weeks, with 19% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See Chelsea & Westminster Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

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

  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea7w · 1 mi · 36w faster
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster43w · 2 mi
  • Barts Health NHS Trust · Tower Hamlets36w · 6 mi · 7w faster
  • Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames37w · 6 mi · 6w faster
  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham9w · 7 mi · 34w faster
  • Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton26w · 7 mi · 17w faster

Other hospitals run by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.

  • West Middlesex University Hospital6 mi

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