How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Kidderminster Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Kidderminster 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 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 5 weeks, with 41% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Kidderminster Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Kidderminster Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Kidderminster Hospital.
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust · Dudley18w · 10 mi · 12w faster
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham13w · 14 mi · 17w faster
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Sandwell15w · 15 mi · 15w faster
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust · Walsall25w · 17 mi · 5w faster
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick19w · 29 mi · 11w faster
- Wye Valley NHS Trust · Herefordshire, County of23w · 29 mi · 7w faster
Other hospitals run by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Worcestershire Royal Hospital14 mi
- Alexandra Hospital16 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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