NHS waiting times · Hastings · General Surgery

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Conquest Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

18weeks

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

2weekstypical ultrasound wait · June 2026

An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 6% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

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

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Conquest Hospital

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

  • East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust · Canterbury10w · 35 mi · 8w faster
  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead13w · 39 mi · 5w faster
  • Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Southend-on-Sea7w · 46 mi · 11w faster
  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham9w · 47 mi · 9w faster
  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea7w · 53 mi · 11w faster
  • Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford16w · 57 mi · 2w faster

Other hospitals run by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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

  • Bexhill Hospital5 mi
  • Eastbourne District General Hospital15 mi
  • Uckfield Hospital21 mi

See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →

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