NHS waiting times · Wirral · General Surgery

How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Clatterbridge Hospital?

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust publishes a general surgery waiting time, but from too few completed pathways for us to treat it as reliable.

Before treatment: the scan wait too

2weekstypical ultrasound wait · June 2026

An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 2% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See Clatterbridge Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →

Nearby hospitals that publish a wait

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

  • Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool34w · 6 mi
  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire West and Chester29w · 10 mi
  • Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley20w · 12 mi
  • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington15w · 18 mi
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Wigan43w · 23 mi
  • Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cheshire East39w · 27 mi

Other hospitals run by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Arrowe Park Hospital4 mi

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