Gallbladder removal · York · General surgery

Gallbladder removal waiting time at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust does not report its general surgery waiting times to NHS England. There is no published figure for this trust, so we do not show one. We check every month, and this page will fill in as soon as the trust starts reporting.

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

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 York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the typical ultrasound wait is 4 weeks, with 32% waiting over six weeks (August 2026).

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NHS hospitals near York

York Hospital (current)

0 mi

n/a

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust · North Yorkshire

18 mi

12 weeks

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Leeds

21 mi

8 weeks

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust · Wakefield

25 mi

12 weeks

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Doncaster

30 mi

26 weeks

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Kingston upon Hull, City of

33 mi

14 weeks

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Barnsley

33 mi

15 weeks

Weeks waited by patients treated in August 2026, whole specialty, straight-line from this hospital. Switching does not guarantee a shorter wait.

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How we know this

NHS RTT data, August 2026.

General surgery as a whole, not gallbladder removal alone.

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