How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Christchurch Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Christchurch 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 University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 1 weeks, with 1% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Christchurch Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Christchurch Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Christchurch Hospital.
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire4w · 21 mi · 2w faster
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset4w · 61 mi · 2w faster
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading5w · 61 mi · 1w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes5w · 100 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital1 mi
- St Mary's Hospital8 mi
- Poole Hospital8 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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