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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Camberley, GU16 7UJ · Compare with another trust

At a glance

Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.

Waiting times
Below NHS standard
62.0% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
74.1% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
82.1% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
7.0% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
As expected
Screening indicator, not a death rate — a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust recorded 37,096 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 74.1% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, the trust had 66,289 patients on its waiting list, and 62% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Additionally, 74.6% of staff in the 2025 survey said they would be happy for a friend or relative to be treated there.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 17 August 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries

Hospitals run by this trust

Trust performance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
62.0%
National median: 66.3%
▲ 6.4 pts vs yr agoBetter than 22% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
13.1 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
▼ 2.5 wks vs yr agoBetter than 28% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
66,289
National median: 39,587
▼ 7,895 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
873
National median: 358.5
▼ 1,784 vs yr agoBetter than 27% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
74.1%
National median: 74.2%
▲ 0.4 pts vs yr agoBetter than 49% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
37,096
National median: 14,642
▼ 292 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
538
National median: 194
▲ 275 vs yr agoBetter than 25% of trustsData: Jul 2026

A&E performance

Latest month: July 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.

A&E attendances
37,096
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
74.1%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
538
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
6,776
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
24,005
Seen within 4 hours
60.7%

The all-types headline above includes minor-injury units and urgent treatment centres (Type 3), which typically report much higher 4-hour performance and lift the combined figure. This narrower figure covers only the main, consultant-led A&E department— Type 1 in NHS England's classification.

Department typeAttendancesWithin 4 hours
All types (official headline)37,09674.1%
Type 1 — major A&E24,00560.7%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E1,028100.0%
Type 3 — minor injury / UTC12,06398.4%

Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data

Cancer waiting times

Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
85.6%
3,131 of 3,656 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
82.1%
296 of 361 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
92.8%
461 of 497 treated in time
Target 96% · below target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%82.1%78.6%April 202572.9%May 202576.4%June 202578.0%July 202581.4%August 202576.5%September 202578.3%October 202576.4%November 202583.0%December 202583.5%January 202685.6%February 202682.8%March 202679.8%April 202675.6%May 202682.1%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
70%80%90%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%85.6%77.6%April 202581.9%May 202580.0%June 202579.8%July 202571.8%August 202566.2%September 202570.0%October 202575.2%November 202580.9%December 202580.6%January 202687.6%February 202687.0%March 202680.1%April 202684.4%May 202685.6%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
90%95%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%92.8%96.8%April 202592.1%May 202595.6%June 202594.2%July 202595.2%August 202592.0%September 202596.3%October 202595.8%November 202596.0%December 202595.2%January 202696.7%February 202697.3%March 202691.3%April 202687.8%May 202692.8%June 2026

Source: NHS England Cancer Waiting Times. The 62-day standard is urgent referral to first treatment; the 28-day faster-diagnosis standard is referral to diagnosis or ruling-out. About this data

Patient experience (Friends & Family Test)

Latest month: June 2026· a voluntary, monthly feedback survey — the figure is the share of respondents who rated their experience 'good' or 'very good'. Response rates are often low and respondents are self-selected, not a representative sample, so read this alongside the clinical measures above, not on its own.

Inpatient care
% would recommend
97.0%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
0.6%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
2,842
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
—
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
77.6%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
14.3%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
2,315
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
—
Responses as a share of those eligible

Source: NHS England Friends & Family Test. About this data

Staff experience (NHS Staff Survey)

2025 · the views of staff who work at this trust — a measure of workforce culture, morale and confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes. There is no official NHS target for these figures, so they are shown as context, never a pass or fail.

Staff happy for a friend or relative to be treated here
74.6%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 2.2 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
7.13
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
68.3%
Agreed · 2025

The NHS Staff Survey records the views of staff who chose to respond — a measure of workforce culture, morale and staff confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes or safety. Response rates vary between trusts. England only; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run separate staff surveys on a different basis, so these figures are never compared across nations.

Source: NHS Staff Survey (NHS England), Open Government Licence. About this data

Cancelled operations

Quarter ending 30 June 2026· last-minute cancellations for NON-CLINICAL reasons (no bed, no staff, an emergency taking priority) — not cancellations chosen by the patient or on clinical grounds. It's a raw count, so larger trusts naturally cancel more in absolute terms — read this alongside the other measures above, not on its own.

Last-minute cancellations
446
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
113
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
25.3%
share of cancelled ops without a new date inside 28 days

Source: NHS England (QMCO). About this data

Bed occupancy, ambulance handovers & delayed discharges (UEC Daily SitRep)

Snapshot at 8am, 29 March 2026. This is unvalidated management information— NHS England's own label — and can be revised for up to 14 days after first publication. It is collected only during the winter Daily SitRep window, so this is the latest date the collection has published, not necessarily today. It measures operational pressure (how full the hospital is), NOT care quality — high occupancy is normal for NHS hospitals, especially in winter, and is not a safety or performance score. The ambulance-handover figures below cover winter 2025-26 as a period total(not a snapshot): the time from an ambulance arriving to the patient being handed over to A&E staff. The delayed-discharge figures cover the most recent 7 daysof the collection (not a snapshot, and not the whole winter): a patient who "no longer meets the criteria to reside" is medically ready to leave hospital, but how quickly they actually do mostly reflects social-care and community capacity to receive them — NOT the hospital's own clinical quality. A higher handover or delayed-discharge figure means more operational pressure — like the rest of this section, none of it is a measure of care quality, and it carries no colour grading, badge or ranking.

Adult general & acute bed occupancy
94.4%
1,175 occupied of 1,245 open
Adult critical care occupancy
91.7%
22 occupied of 24 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
10.6%
of 22,829 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
1.4%
of 22,829 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
208
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
40%
of 2,422 who no longer met the criteria to reside, week to 29 March 2026

Source: NHS England UEC Daily SitRep, Ambulance Handover and Acute Discharge SitRep collections. About this data

Never Events (patient safety)

Financial year 2025/26 · Never Events are rare, serious, wholly-preventable incidents. This is a RAW count for 2025/26— it is NOT adjusted for how much surgery the trust does, and NHS England publishes it to prompt learning, NOT to compare trusts. A higher number is a prompt to look at the trust's own review, not proof it is less safe than a trust with fewer.

Never Events reported
4
Occurring in FY 2025/26 · not a comparative safety score

Source: NHS England. About this data

Maternity — patient experience

CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 274 voluntary respondents (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). A lower score is a prompt to look closer, not proof of poor care.

Response rate
41.8%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
274
Of 662 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.1/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
6.8/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
9.1/10
Better than most trusts

Source: Care Quality Commission — National Maternity Survey. About this data

Stroke care (SSNAP audit)

Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, latest quarter to 2026· the SSNAP level (A best .. E) is the audit's own published grade for the quality of this team's acute stroke-care PROCESSES, adjusted for case-mix, case ascertainment and audit compliance — it is not a guarantee of any individual patient's outcome. England only; SSNAP also covers Wales and Northern Ireland.

Frimley Park Hospital
D51.2/100
Frimley ICS and Surrey Heartlands
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Hyperacute assessmentC
Specialist pathwayD
ReperfusionC
MDT assessmentC
Therapy intensityC
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A
Wexham Park Hospital
D57.8/100
Frimley ICS and Surrey Heartlands
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Specialist pathwayB
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeD
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance D

This team's case ascertainment and/or audit compliance band is D or E — its SSNAP grade above rests on less-complete data than a team with a higher band, not necessarily worse care.

Source: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust · National Hip Fracture Database, 2023audit year · "Met best-practice criteria" is the audit's own composite measure of hip-fracture care PROCESSES at each hospital this trust runs.

Frimley Park HospitalBest-practice 48.0%468 cases
Wexham Park HospitalBest-practice 80.6%426 cases

Source: National Hip Fracture Database (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Patient experience — inpatient care

CQC Adult Inpatient Survey, 2024 · scores are 0-10, and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the CQC 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 461 voluntary respondents (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
38.0%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
461
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.1/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
9.2/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
9.1/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.7/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.1/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.6/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
7.0/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.7/10
National average: 6.7/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Adult Inpatient Survey. About this data

Patient experience — A&E (urgent & emergency care)

CQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E), 2024 · scores are 0-10, and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the CQC 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 341 voluntary respondents who attended a major (type 1) A&E department (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
28.1%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
341
Of 1,250 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.6/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.1/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.7/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.6/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.4/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.7/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.6/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
7.9/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
7.0/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.6/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality Commission — CQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E). About this data

Patient experience — cancer care

National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, 2025 · scores are the % of patients giving the most positive answer (and an overall 0–10 rating), and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the survey's 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 664 patients treated for cancer by this trust (a question is only shown here where at least 10 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
—
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
664
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.8/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
78%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
79%
National average: 84%
Worse than the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
78%
National average: 80%
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
79%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
90%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
71%
National average: 74%
About the same as the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
59%
National average: 65%
Worse than the national average
The whole care team worked well together
87%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
41%
National average: 45%
About the same as the national average

Source: NHS England (survey run by Picker on its behalf) — National Cancer Patient Experience Survey. About this data

Hip & knee replacement — patient outcomes (PROMs)

Financial year 2024-25(finalised) · patients having a primary hip or knee replacement voluntarily score their health before and after surgery. The average gain shown is adjusted for differences between patients (case-mix) — it is not a raw before/after difference and not a ranking, so read it alongside the patient numbers.

Hip replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
21.8
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 21.3
Patients
214
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.2%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.44
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
16.5
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 16.4
Patients
250
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
92.8%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.32
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale

Source: NHS England PROMs (hip & knee replacement). About this data

Diagnostic test waits

Latest month: June 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.

Waiting 6+ weeks for a test
7.0%
of 18,040 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Audiology23440.2%9450
Urodynamics11329.2%3316
DEXA Scan1,03316.4%1692
MRI2,29513.9%318156
Colonoscopy62813.1%820
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy2907.9%230
Gastroscopy5987.2%430
Ultrasound9,1274.9%44339
Cystoscopy2894.8%142
Respiratory physiology4752.9%140
Neurophysiology2932.0%60
Cardiology7681.6%120
CT scan1,8131.1%200
Barium Enema830.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
5%10%15%Apr 25Jan 267.0%14.4%April 202511.5%May 20259.4%June 20259.6%July 202510.1%August 20257.8%September 20258.4%October 20256.2%November 20256.1%December 20256.2%January 20267.5%February 202611.6%March 202615.8%April 20266.3%May 20267.0%June 2026

Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data

Safety: infections

Cases in the 12 months to July 2026. Hospital-onset cases are those most likely acquired in hospital.

InfectionCases (12 mo)Hospital-onset
MRSA bacteraemia92
C. difficile14145
E. coli bacteraemia840162
MSSA bacteraemia18138
Klebsiella bacteraemia18638
Pseudomonas bacteraemia6419
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
203040Dec 23Jan 25Jan 262725December 202328January 202431February 202431March 202445April 202423May 202426June 202426July 202432August 202436September 202435October 202427November 202418December 202434January 202531February 202522March 202527April 202516May 202524June 202534July 202528August 202533September 202532October 202524November 202524December 202525January 202630February 202623March 202618April 202621May 202619June 202627July 2026

Source: UK Health Security Agency mandatory surveillance. About this data

Mortality (SHMI)

12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
1.03
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 3,470 deaths vs 3,355 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.951.001.05Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)1.030.92December 20180.92January 20190.94February 20190.95March 20190.95April 20190.96May 20190.96June 20190.96July 20190.97August 20190.97September 20190.96October 20190.97November 20190.97December 20190.96January 20201.00February 20201.01March 20201.01April 20201.01May 20201.01June 20201.01July 20200.99August 20200.98September 20200.98October 20200.97November 20200.98December 20200.98January 20210.96February 20210.95March 20210.95April 20210.95May 20210.95June 20210.95July 20210.96August 20210.97September 20210.98October 20210.98November 20210.99December 20210.99January 20220.99February 20220.99March 20220.99April 20220.99May 20221.00June 20221.00July 20221.01August 20221.01September 20220.99October 20220.99November 20220.97December 20220.98January 20230.98February 20230.97March 20231.00April 20231.02May 20231.01June 20231.01July 20231.01August 20231.02September 20231.02October 20231.02November 20231.01December 20231.01January 20241.02February 20241.02March 20241.02April 20241.01May 20241.01June 20241.01July 20241.02August 20241.03September 20241.03October 20241.04November 20241.05December 20241.04January 20251.06February 20251.06March 20251.07April 20251.06May 20251.07June 20251.05July 20251.05August 20251.04September 20251.05October 20251.04November 20251.04December 20251.03January 20261.04February 20261.03March 2026

The SHMI compares the number of deaths after hospital care with the number expected given patients' characteristics. It is not a death rate and a higher value is a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care. Source: NHS England. About this data

Waiting times by specialty

Data: June 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics (incomplete pathways)

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Trauma and Orthopaedic11,86753.8%16.5 wks43.1 wks25220
Other - Surgicals7,83963.4%11.7 wks38.1 wks5300
Other - Medicals5,54466.7%10.7 wks36.6 wks600
Ear Nose and Throat5,21267.2%11.6 wks33.7 wks4610
Urology4,42562.3%12.7 wks38.9 wks4600
Dermatology4,34968.4%11.5 wks37.1 wks000
Ophthalmology4,25971.3%9.8 wks31.7 wks200
Gynaecology3,87070.9%9.0 wks38.5 wks4900
Neurology3,69241.8%22.6 wks51.0 wks24021
Cardiology3,14072.9%9.6 wks28.7 wks300
Oral Surgery2,79541.6%22.7 wks48.8 wks13320
Plastic Surgery2,70248.7%18.6 wks42.6 wks800
Gastroenterology1,82171.2%9.1 wks34.0 wks400
Respiratory Medicine1,70191.8%6.2 wks18.2 wks100
Other - Paediatrics1,15043.0%19.4 wks38.7 wks1900
Other - Others76548.2%19.0 wks44.8 wks1000
General Surgery55978.4%5.8 wks41.0 wks100
Rheumatology53694.2%4.7 wks15.5 wks000
Elderly Medicine6185.2%9.6 wks20.1 wks000
General Internal Medicine250.0%12.0 wks19.8 wks000

Figures come from NHS England's official monthly statistics and the CQC directory, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See methodology for definitions.