Gallbladder removal · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · General surgery
Gallbladder removal waiting time at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
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weeks
Actual referral-to-treatment wait in August 2026.
NHS RTT data, August 2026
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About gallstones
Gallstones are small stones that form in the gallbladder, a small organ under the liver. Many people have them without symptoms.
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How long people have been waiting
694
83
0 to 18 weeks
Over 18 weeks
People on the general surgery waiting list now, split by whether they have passed the 18-week target, August 2026. Whole specialty.
Before treatment: the ultrasound queue
An ultrasound scan is one of the scans often used before treatment, and it is a separate NHS queue. At University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 1% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).
See the full ultrasound queue at Royal Bournemouth Hospital and faster scan alternativesNHS hospitals near Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Royal Bournemouth Hospital (current)
0 mi
10 weeks
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire
21 mi
6 weeks
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · Portsmouth
34 mi
7 weeks
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset
60 mi
7 weeks
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Reading
61 mi
5 weeks
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · Kensington and Chelsea
88 mi
6 weeks
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes
100 mi
6 weeks
Weeks waited by patients treated in August 2026, whole specialty, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.
How we know this
NHS RTT data, August 2026.
General surgery as a whole, not gallbladder removal alone.
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