NHS waiting times · Manchester · General Surgery

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

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Wythenshawe Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

18weeks

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 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 2 weeks, with 1% waiting over six weeks (June 2026).

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

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Wythenshawe Hospital

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

  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust · Stockport15w · 7 mi · 3w faster
  • East Cheshire NHS Trust · Cheshire East10w · 11 mi · 8w faster
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust · Tameside4w · 12 mi · 14w faster
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust · Bolton12w · 13 mi · 6w faster
  • North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust · Warrington15w · 13 mi · 3w faster
  • Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust · Kirklees6w · 27 mi · 12w faster

Other hospitals run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

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

  • Manchester Royal Infirmary6 mi
  • Trafford General Hospital6 mi
  • North Manchester General Hospital9 mi
  • Royal Oldham Hospital13 mi
  • Fairfield General Hospital15 mi
  • Rochdale Infirmary17 mi
  • Birch Hill Hospital19 mi

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