How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Princess Royal Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Princess Royal 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 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 7% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Princess Royal Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Princess Royal Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Princess Royal Hospital.
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Reigate and Banstead13w · 16 mi · 31w faster
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust · Sutton26w · 27 mi · 18w faster
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford16w · 28 mi · 28w faster
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust · Hastings18w · 29 mi · 26w faster
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust · Kingston upon Thames37w · 30 mi · 7w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham9w · 32 mi · 35w faster
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Lewes Victoria Hospital9 mi
- Brighton General Hospital11 mi
- Royal Sussex County Hospital12 mi
- Southlands Hospital13 mi
- Worthing Hospital17 mi
- St Richards Hospital31 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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