Gallbladder removal · Harborough · General surgery
Gallbladder removal waiting time at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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weeks
Actual referral-to-treatment wait in August 2026.
NHS RTT data, August 2026
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No change, you keep your current place. 32 weeks typical wait here.
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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
4,261
2,126
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 of Leicester NHS Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 2% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).
See the full ultrasound queue at St Lukes Hospital and faster scan alternativesNHS hospitals near Harborough
St Lukes Hospital (current)
0 mi
32 weeks
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · North Northamptonshire
10 mi
29 weeks
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust · Coventry
22 mi
11 weeks
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust · Nuneaton and Bedworth
23 mi
28 weeks
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust · Peterborough
28 mi
24 weeks
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust · Warwick
31 mi
9 weeks
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes
33 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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