How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Homerton University Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Homerton University Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.
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
An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 0% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Homerton University Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Homerton University Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Homerton University Hospital.
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea7w · 7 mi · 23w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham9w · 7 mi · 21w faster
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · Havering27w · 10 mi · 3w faster
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton26w · 13 mi · 4w faster
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust · Dartford24w · 15 mi · 6w faster
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow5w · 16 mi · 25w faster
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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