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NHS waiting times
Data through May 2026. NHS source.
Across NHS hospitals in England, the median wait for General Surgery Service — the specialty most gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) cases are routed to — is 11 weeks, with 6 in 10 patients seen within the 18-week NHS Constitution target. Important context: gallbladder removal is a keyhole day-case operation and usually tracks close to the General Surgery specialty average — the wait below is for the outpatient appointment first.
The national median NHS wait for Gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) is 11 weeks as of May 2026, across 276 NHS trusts and independent providers reporting to the NHS, and 9 in 10 current patients are within 39 weeks. But the wait varies significantly between trusts — see the full ranking to find the shortest wait near you.
The median shows time waited so far by the current list — a new routine referral will often wait longer. Why these differ →
Top 10 NHS trusts publishing General Surgery Service data, ranked by shortest median wait. Want the full ranking? See all trusts on the General Surgery Service national page →
Hospitals ranked by shortest wait within travelling distance of each city.
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