FRIMLEY Health NHS Trust fell significantly short of A&E targets in January, according to new figures obtained by the BBC.

The NHS remains under severe pressure this winter, and the two major hospital trusts serving Farnham are no stranger to this pressure, the latest data shows.

Just 83.6 per cent of patients at Frimley Health’s A&E departments were treated or admitted within four hours in January, against a target of 95 per cent. This is also below the national average of 85.3 per cent.

By comparison, the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford fell only marginally short of the target with 94.2 per cent of A&E patients treated or admitted within four hours.

The BBC’s ‘NHS tracker’ also shows both Frimley Health and the Royal Surrey fell marginally short of the target for planned ops and care in December, with 91.3 and 91.1 per cent of patients beginning treatment within 18 weeks against the 92 per cent objective.

But both comfortably exceeded the target for cancer care in the same month, with 93.2 per cent of patients at Frimley and 90.1 per cent at the Royal Surrey beginning treatment within 62 days of an urgent GP referral, above the 85 per cent objective.