How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth I I 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 and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 4 weeks, with 31% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Queen Elizabeth I I Hospital.
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow5w · 12 mi · 19w faster
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford21w · 13 mi · 3w faster
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Luton15w · 14 mi · 9w faster
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea7w · 20 mi · 17w faster
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · Lewisham9w · 24 mi · 15w faster
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes5w · 29 mi · 19w faster
Other hospitals run by East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Lister Hospital10 mi
- Bishops Wood Hospital16 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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