Gallbladder removal waiting time at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust does not report its general surgery waiting times to NHS England. There is no published figure for this trust, so we do not show one. We check every month, and this page will fill in as soon as the trust starts reporting.
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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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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 University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 3 weeks, with 20% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).
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