How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, 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 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 3 weeks, with 8% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Royal Albert Edward Infirmary's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Royal Albert Edward Infirmary.
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton12w · 8 mi · 31w faster
- North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington15w · 11 mi · 28w faster
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley20w · 11 mi · 23w faster
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust · Salford22w · 13 mi · 21w faster
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust · Blackburn with Darwen27w · 14 mi · 16w faster
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Preston9w · 16 mi · 34w faster
Other hospitals run by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Wrightington Hospital4 mi
- Leigh Infirmary6 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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