By Professor John Robertson

From BBC Health in November 2022, a comparison of the performance in the 62-day waiting time target for cancer therapy, for the 4 nations.

First NHS Scotland after 17 years of SNP-rule:

The worst is 27% waiting longer than the target. The average is 21%.

Then, NHS Wales after 27 years of Labour-rule.

Every single area is worse than the worst in Scotland. The average is 43% more than twice as many.

Northern Ireland?

Appalling, and the average at 58% is nearly three times as many.

England?

If we can trust the folk managing the trusts and judging by several exposures of dodgy record-keeping, we can’t, the average is 36%:

Source:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63573718