How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Royal Berkshire Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Royal Berkshire 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 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 3 weeks, with 19% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Royal Berkshire Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Royal Berkshire Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Royal Berkshire Hospital.
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes5w · 41 mi
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire4w · 46 mi · 1w faster
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · Harlow5w · 50 mi
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset4w · 98 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- King Edward Vii Hospital15 mi
- The Princess Margaret Hospital15 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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