SURDay surgery · fixed-price package
Gallbladder removal
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstones, as a day case or one night, at a fixed price with the ultrasound beforehand.
- Next slot
- Tue 14:00Mr Richard Cavendish · demo
- Promise
- Surgery within 3 weeks
- Self-pay
- £6,450
- Consultants
- 2 in SUR
Recovery bays, second floor 
Theatre one, second floor 
Carpal tunnel release 
Mr Richard Cavendish
SUR[01] About
What the package is.
Gallstone pain rarely gets better on its own. We scan, see you and operate inside three weeks; most people go home the same evening.
What happens
- Ultrasound and blood tests
- Consultation with the surgeon who will operate
- Keyhole surgery under general anaesthetic, about an hour
- Home the same day or after one night
- Review at two weeks
Every self-pay price is fixed in writing before you attend. Insured patients need an authorisation number from their insurer; we bill the insurer directly.
Included in £6,4506 lines
- Surgeon's and anaesthetist's fees
- Theatre, day-case bay and one overnight stay if needed
- Pre-assessment, bloods, medicines and dressings
- Two follow-up appointments
- Any return to theatre within 30 days
- Nurse helpline for 14 days
Fixed priceSUR
£6,450from
Fixed price, includes one night if needed
or £296/mo · representative, see finance
- Included
- Surgeon, anaesthetist, theatre, one night, follow-ups
- Not included
- Consultation and ultrasound
- Stay
- Day case or 1 night
- Back to
- Desk in 1 week, exercise in 4
- Next · demo
- Tue 14:00
Insured: authorisation from your insurer, which we obtain; you pay only your excess.
Suitable for
- Gallstones causing pain, especially after meals
- Gallstones with a history of pancreatitis or jaundice
- Gallbladder polyps over 10mm
Not for
- A bile duct stone that needs ERCP first (we arrange it)
- Severe cardiac or lung disease: assessed by our anaesthetist
- Acute cholecystitis right now: go to A&E
[02] Prep, theatre, recovery · Gallbladder removal
What the weeks look like.
Frame 01 / 04SUR
SUR01Step 01
Day 0
Home the same evening for most; one night for some.
- Price
- £6,450
- Takes
- 1 hour in theatre, home same day or next
SUR02Step 02
Week 1
Walking, showering, light meals. Desk work from day 5 to 7.
- Surgeon
- Mr Richard Cavendish
- Stay
- Day case or 1 night
- Department
- Day surgery
SUR03Step 03
Week 2
Review. Driving.
- Surgeon
- Mr Richard Cavendish
- Stay
- Day case or 1 night
- Department
- Day surgery
SUR04Step 04
Week 4
Exercise and full diet.
- Back to
- Desk in 1 week, exercise in 4
- Audited
- 96% home the same day
[03]The 30-day promise · quoted in writing
What is in, what is out, what it costs a month.
Every day-surgery package includes any return to theatre, any unplanned overnight stay and any wound review within 30 days of your operation, at no further charge.
Numbers and risks
Included
Surgeon, anaesthetist, theatre, one night, follow-ups
Not included
Consultation and ultrasound
Stay
Day case or 1 night
Back to
Desk in 1 week, exercise in 4
Risks, stated
- Shoulder-tip pain from the gas for a day or two
- Bile leak: about 1 in 200, treated here
- Conversion to open surgery: about 1 in 50, covered by the package
- Bile duct injury: about 1 in 500
Finance · £6,450
Spread the cost of a package
12 months · 0%
£538/mo
Total £6,450
24 months · 9.9% APR
£297/mo
Total £7,136
36 months · 9.9% APR
£208/mo
Total £7,482
48 months · 9.9% APR
£163/mo
Total £7,837
Finance is provided by a third-party lender, subject to status. Representative examples; your written quote carries the exact figures.
Finance calculator →[04]Consultant general surgeon
Operated by Richard Cavendish.
Consultant and questions
- Next · demo
- Tue 14:00
- GMC
- DEMO-7200012
- Languages
- English
6,000+ hernia and gallbladder operations96% gallbladder patients home same day
Also in SUR
- Mr Yusuf DemirWed 10:00 · demo
Do I need a GP referral?
Not for a self-pay scan or consultation: our clinical team does a short phone assessment and writes the request. Insurers usually need a GP referral before they will authorise a consultant, though most will cover a scan we request. Rachel's team checks your policy before you attend.
How fast, really?
Audited for 2025: median 38 hours from first call to MRI, median 4 working days from first call to a consultant's written plan, endoscopy within 7 days, day surgery within 3 weeks. The estimator shows the next available date for each department.
Is the price fixed?
Yes. Scan and consultation prices are published. Day-surgery packages are quoted in writing after your consultation and include the surgeon, anaesthetist, theatre, stay, medicines, two follow-ups and any return to theatre within 30 days. The quote is the invoice.
What is not included in a package?
The initial consultation, any scan before it, and anything unrelated to the operation. If a keyhole gallbladder has to become an open operation, or you need to stay overnight, that is covered. We say so on the quote.
Which insurers do you bill directly?
Bupa, AXA Health, Aviva, Vitality, WPA, Cigna, Healix, Allianz, Freedom Health and The Exeter. Give us your policy number and authorisation code; you pay only your excess on the day. Other insurers: pay the fixed price and claim it back with our itemised invoice.
How do I get my results?
Everything goes into your Northgate Results account when it is signed: MRI and CT within two working days, ultrasound and X-ray the same day, biopsies within seven working days. Anything urgent is phoned through the same day by the reporting consultant.
- Open
- Mon–Fri 07:30–20:00 · Sat 08:00–14:00
- Next slot
- Tue 08:40 · Dr Naomi Sterling (demo)
- Waiting
- Scans within 48 hours, consultants within 5 working days
- Where
- Northgate House, Wexbury WX1 4NQ
- Phone
- 01632 960700