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Gallbladder removal  ·  Cheltenham ·  General surgery

Gallbladder removal waiting time at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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We do not show a gallbladder removal wait for Gloucestershire 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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How long people have been waiting

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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 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 8% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).

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NHS hospitals near Cheltenham

Cheltenham General Hospital (current)
0 mi
n/a
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Worcester
21 mi
20 weeks
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon
29 mi
13 weeks
Wye Valley NHS Trust · Herefordshire, County of
29 mi
17 weeks
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick
34 mi
9 weeks
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Oxford
37 mi
19 weeks
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset
37 mi
25 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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