NHS waiting times · Medway · General Surgery

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Medway NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Medway Maritime Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

23weeks

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

2weekstypical ultrasound wait · June 2026

An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Medway NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 1% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See Medway Maritime Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Medway Maritime Hospital

Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Medway Maritime Hospital.

  • Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Southend-on-Sea7w · 14 mi · 16w faster
  • Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham9w · 25 mi · 14w faster
  • East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust · Canterbury10w · 25 mi · 13w faster
  • The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea7w · 32 mi · 16w faster
  • Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead13w · 32 mi · 10w faster
  • The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow5w · 33 mi · 18w faster

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