NHS waiting times · Dartford · General Surgery

How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Erith & District Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, which runs Erith & District Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

24weeks

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

3weekstypical ultrasound wait · June 2026

An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 3 weeks, with 12% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See Erith & District Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Erith & District Hospital

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

  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham9w · 8 mi · 15w faster
  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea7w · 15 mi · 17w faster
  • Medway NHS Foundation Trust · Medway23w · 18 mi · 1w faster
  • Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust · Maidstone23w · 20 mi · 1w faster
  • The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow5w · 21 mi · 19w faster
  • Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Southend-on-Sea7w · 23 mi · 17w faster

Other hospitals run by Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

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

  • Darent Valley Hospital5 mi

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