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NHS waiting times
Data through March 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 10 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.
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 →
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