How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Derriford Hospital?
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS 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
An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 11% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Derriford 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 Derriford Hospital.
- Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Exeter32w · 34 mi
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust · Cornwall14w · 44 mi
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset4w · 60 mi
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset39w · 76 mi
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6w · 96 mi
- North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of26w · 100 mi
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Tavistock Hospital9 mi
- South Hams Hospital17 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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