How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Kent & Canterbury Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Kent & Canterbury 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 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 7 weeks, with 55% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Kent & Canterbury Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Kent & Canterbury Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Kent & Canterbury Hospital.
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Southend-on-Sea7w · 26 mi · 3w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham9w · 49 mi · 1w faster
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow5w · 55 mi · 5w faster
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea7w · 56 mi · 3w faster
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading5w · 89 mi · 5w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes5w · 94 mi · 5w faster
Other hospitals run by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- William Harvey Hospital11 mi
- One Ashford Hospital11 mi
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital15 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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