NHS waiting times · Isle of Wight · General Surgery

How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at St Mary's Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Isle of Wight NHS Trust, which runs St Mary's Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

42weeks

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

2weekstypical ultrasound wait · June 2026

An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Isle of Wight NHS Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 4% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See St Mary's Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of St Mary's Hospital

Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to St Mary's Hospital.

  • Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · Portsmouth8w · 14 mi · 34w faster
  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · Southampton20w · 16 mi · 22w faster
  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6w · 29 mi · 36w faster
  • Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire4w · 31 mi · 38w faster
  • Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust · Guildford16w · 47 mi · 26w faster
  • Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust · Surrey Heath39w · 49 mi · 3w faster

See every NHS trust ranked by gallbladder removal wait →

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