NHS waiting times · Lambeth · General Surgery

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

Guy's and St Thomas' 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

3weekstypical ultrasound wait · June 2026

An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 3 weeks, with 27% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See Harefield 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 Harefield Hospital.

  • West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford21w · 4 mi
  • The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon30w · 6 mi
  • London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust · Brent37w · 7 mi
  • Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire40w · 7 mi
  • Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust · Camden51w · 14 mi
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · Westminster43w · 15 mi

Other hospitals run by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Royal Brompton Hospital16 mi
  • St Thomas' Hospital17 mi
  • Guy's Hospital18 mi
  • Gstt @ London Bridge Hospital18 mi

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