Gallbladder removal · County Durham · General surgery
Gallbladder removal waiting time at County Durham and Darlington 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
3,939
2,650
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 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 4 weeks, with 31% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).
See the full ultrasound queue at Shotley Bridge Hospital and faster scan alternativesNHS hospitals near County Durham
Shotley Bridge Hospital (current)
0 mi
6 weeks
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees
84 mi
6 weeks
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside
96 mi
3 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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