NHS Scotland treats 98% of urgent skin cancer cases within 31 days compared with only 82% in England but Herald platforms Sandesh Gulhane (Con) to misrepresent the data from a different report

Professor John Robertson OBA From Cancer waiting times 1 January to 31 March 2025 published on 24 June 2025, the above table reveals target-busting performance by NHS Scotland in treating urgent cases of skin cancer (Melanoma). This performance is never reported by the MSM.1 For the same period, the figure for NHS England was only 81.56%.2 Sources: