How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Norfolk & Norwich 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 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 3 weeks, with 16% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital.
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow5w · 76 mi · 16w faster
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · Southend-on-Sea7w · 77 mi · 14w faster
- Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust · North East Lincolnshire18w · 84 mi · 3w faster
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Lincoln21w · 84 mi
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Luton15w · 87 mi · 6w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes5w · 92 mi · 16w faster
Other hospitals run by Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Cromer Hospital21 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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