NHS waiting times · Bristol, City of · General Surgery

How long is the wait for a gallbladder removal at Weston General Hospital?

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust publishes a general surgery waiting time, but from too few completed pathways for us to treat it as reliable.

Before treatment: the scan wait too

3weekstypical ultrasound wait · June 2026

An ultrasound scan is a separate NHS queue from the treatment wait above, and it comes first. At Bristol NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 3 weeks, with 12% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

See Weston General Hospital's full ultrasound queue and faster scan alternatives →

Nearby hospitals that publish a wait

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

  • North Bristol NHS Trust · Bristol, City of26w · 20 mi
  • Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset4w · 22 mi
  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset12w · 25 mi
  • Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · Exeter32w · 48 mi
  • Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Dorset39w · 48 mi
  • Wye Valley NHS Trust · Herefordshire, County of23w · 52 mi

Other hospitals run by Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.

  • Bristol Royal Infirmary19 mi
  • St Michael's Hospital19 mi

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