How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at James Paget University Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs James Paget 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 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 18% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See James Paget University Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of James Paget University Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to James Paget University Hospital.
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · South Norfolk21w · 21 mi · 15w faster
- The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust · King's Lynn and West Norfolk26w · 55 mi · 10w faster
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Cambridge24w · 72 mi · 12w faster
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Southend-on-Sea7w · 82 mi · 29w faster
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust · Peterborough26w · 84 mi · 10w faster
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow5w · 88 mi · 31w faster
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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