How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Russells Hall Hospital?
The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall 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 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 3 weeks, with 25% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).
See Russells Hall Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Russells Hall Hospital
Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Russells Hall Hospital.
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Sandwell15w · 7 mi · 3w faster
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · Birmingham13w · 8 mi · 5w faster
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry11w · 29 mi · 7w faster
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust · Stoke-on-Trent14w · 35 mi · 4w faster
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust · Derby17w · 38 mi · 1w faster
- East Cheshire NHS Trust · Cheshire East10w · 53 mi · 8w faster
Other hospitals run by The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.
- Guest Hospital2 mi
- Corbett Hospital3 mi
See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →
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