diff --git a/lib/accelerometer-service.ts b/lib/accelerometer-service.ts
index f2ded91..be11b71 100644
--- a/lib/accelerometer-service.ts
+++ b/lib/accelerometer-service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { AccelerometerData, AccelerometerDataEvent } from "./accelerometer.js";
+import { GattOperation } from "./bluetooth-device-wrapper.js";
 import { profile } from "./bluetooth-profile.js";
+import { createGattOperationPromise } from "./bluetooth-utils.js";
 import {
   CharacteristicDataTarget,
   TypedServiceEventDispatcher,
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ export class AccelerometerService {
     private accelerometerPeriodCharacteristic: BluetoothRemoteGATTCharacteristic,
     private dispatchTypedEvent: TypedServiceEventDispatcher,
     private isNotifying: boolean,
+    private queueGattOperation: (gattOperation: GattOperation) => void,
   ) {
     this.addDataEventListener();
     if (this.isNotifying) {
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ export class AccelerometerService {
     gattServer: BluetoothRemoteGATTServer,
     dispatcher: TypedServiceEventDispatcher,
     isNotifying: boolean,
+    queueGattOperation: (gattOperation: GattOperation) => void,
   ): Promise<AccelerometerService> {
     const accelerometerService = await gattServer.getPrimaryService(
       profile.accelerometer.id,
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ export class AccelerometerService {
       accelerometerPeriodCharacteristic,
       dispatcher,
       isNotifying,
+      queueGattOperation,
     );
   }
 
@@ -51,12 +56,22 @@ export class AccelerometerService {
   }
 
   async getData(): Promise<AccelerometerData> {
-    const dataView = await this.accelerometerDataCharacteristic.readValue();
+    const { callback, gattOperationPromise } = createGattOperationPromise();
+    this.queueGattOperation({
+      callback,
+      operation: () => this.accelerometerDataCharacteristic.readValue(),
+    });
+    const dataView = (await gattOperationPromise) as DataView;
     return this.dataViewToData(dataView);
   }
 
   async getPeriod(): Promise<number> {
-    const dataView = await this.accelerometerPeriodCharacteristic.readValue();
+    const { callback, gattOperationPromise } = createGattOperationPromise();
+    this.queueGattOperation({
+      callback,
+      operation: () => this.accelerometerPeriodCharacteristic.readValue(),
+    });
+    const dataView = (await gattOperationPromise) as DataView;
     return dataView.getUint16(0, true);
   }
 
@@ -69,11 +84,16 @@ export class AccelerometerService {
     // Values passed are rounded up to the allowed values on device.
     // Documentation for allowed values looks wrong.
     // https://lancaster-university.github.io/microbit-docs/resources/bluetooth/bluetooth_profile.html
+    const { callback } = createGattOperationPromise();
     const dataView = new DataView(new ArrayBuffer(2));
     dataView.setUint16(0, value, true);
-    await this.accelerometerPeriodCharacteristic.writeValueWithoutResponse(
-      dataView,
-    );
+    this.queueGattOperation({
+      callback,
+      operation: () =>
+        this.accelerometerPeriodCharacteristic.writeValueWithoutResponse(
+          dataView,
+        ),
+    });
   }
 
   private addDataEventListener(): void {
diff --git a/lib/bluetooth-device-wrapper.ts b/lib/bluetooth-device-wrapper.ts
index 09cf89a..73ae7b7 100644
--- a/lib/bluetooth-device-wrapper.ts
+++ b/lib/bluetooth-device-wrapper.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,25 @@
 
 import { AccelerometerService } from "./accelerometer-service.js";
 import { profile } from "./bluetooth-profile.js";
-import { BoardVersion } from "./device.js";
+import { BoardVersion, DeviceError } from "./device.js";
 import { Logging, NullLogging } from "./logging.js";
 import { TypedServiceEventDispatcher } from "./service-events.js";
 
+export interface GattOperationCallback {
+  resolve: (result: DataView | void) => void;
+  reject: (error: DeviceError) => void;
+}
+
+export interface GattOperation {
+  operation: () => Promise<DataView | void>;
+  callback: GattOperationCallback;
+}
+
+interface GattOperations {
+  busy: boolean;
+  queue: GattOperation[];
+}
+
 const deviceIdToWrapper: Map<string, BluetoothDeviceWrapper> = new Map();
 
 const connectTimeoutDuration: number = 10000;
@@ -55,6 +70,11 @@ export class BluetoothDeviceWrapper {
     },
   };
 
+  private gattOperations: GattOperations = {
+    busy: false,
+    queue: [],
+  };
+
   constructor(
     public readonly device: BluetoothDevice,
     private logging: Logging = new NullLogging(),
@@ -212,8 +232,6 @@ export class BluetoothDeviceWrapper {
   }
 
   handleDisconnectEvent = async (): Promise<void> => {
-    // this.outputWriteQueue = { busy: false, queue: [] };
-
     try {
       if (!this.duringExplicitConnectDisconnect) {
         this.logging.log(
@@ -269,6 +287,57 @@ export class BluetoothDeviceWrapper {
     }
   }
 
+  private queueGattOperation(gattOperation: GattOperation) {
+    this.gattOperations.queue.push(gattOperation);
+    this.processGattOperationQueue();
+  }
+
+  private processGattOperationQueue = (): void => {
+    if (!this.device.gatt?.connected) {
+      // No longer connected. Drop queue.
+      this.clearGattQueueOnDisconnect();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (this.gattOperations.busy) {
+      // We will finish processing the current operation, then
+      // pick up processing the queue in the finally block.
+      return;
+    }
+    const gattOperation = this.gattOperations.queue.shift();
+    if (!gattOperation) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.gattOperations.busy = true;
+    gattOperation
+      .operation()
+      .then((result) => {
+        gattOperation.callback.resolve(result);
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        gattOperation.callback.reject(
+          new DeviceError({ code: "background-comms-error", message: err }),
+        );
+        this.logging.error("Error processing gatt operations queue", err);
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        this.gattOperations.busy = false;
+        this.processGattOperationQueue();
+      });
+  };
+
+  private clearGattQueueOnDisconnect() {
+    this.gattOperations.queue.forEach((op) => {
+      op.callback.reject(
+        new DeviceError({
+          code: "device-disconnected",
+          message:
+            "Error processing gatt operations queue - device disconnected",
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+    this.gattOperations = { busy: false, queue: [] };
+  }
+
   async getAccelerometerService(): Promise<AccelerometerService> {
     if (!this.accelerometerService) {
       const gattServer = this.assertGattServer();
@@ -276,6 +345,7 @@ export class BluetoothDeviceWrapper {
         gattServer,
         this.dispatchTypedEvent,
         this.serviceListeners.accelerometerdatachanged.notifying,
+        this.queueGattOperation.bind(this),
       );
     }
     return this.accelerometerService;
@@ -283,6 +353,7 @@ export class BluetoothDeviceWrapper {
 
   private disposeServices() {
     this.accelerometerService = undefined;
+    this.clearGattQueueOnDisconnect();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/bluetooth-utils.ts b/lib/bluetooth-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6057c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/bluetooth-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { GattOperationCallback } from "./bluetooth-device-wrapper.js";
+
+export const createGattOperationPromise = (): {
+  callback: GattOperationCallback;
+  gattOperationPromise: Promise<DataView | void>;
+} => {
+  let resolve: (result: DataView | void) => void;
+  let reject: () => void;
+  const gattOperationPromise = new Promise<DataView | void>((res, rej) => {
+    resolve = res;
+    reject = rej;
+  });
+  const callback = {
+    resolve: resolve!,
+    reject: reject!,
+  };
+  return { callback, gattOperationPromise };
+};
diff --git a/lib/bluetooth.ts b/lib/bluetooth.ts
index e26d9db..36f4214 100644
--- a/lib/bluetooth.ts
+++ b/lib/bluetooth.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export class MicrobitWebBluetoothConnection
       this.connection = await createBluetoothDeviceWrapper(
         device,
         this.logging,
-        (type, event) => this.dispatchTypedEvent(type, event),
+        this.dispatchTypedEvent.bind(this),
       );
     }
     // TODO: timeout unification?
diff --git a/lib/device.ts b/lib/device.ts
index ed99000..e91f9fe 100644
--- a/lib/device.ts
+++ b/lib/device.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ export type DeviceErrorCode =
   /**
    * This is the fallback error case suggesting that the user reconnects their device.
    */
-  | "reconnect-microbit";
+  | "reconnect-microbit"
+  /**
+   * Error occured during serial or bluetooth communication.
+   */
+  | "background-comms-error";
 
 /**
  * Error type used for all interactions with this module.