Professor John Robertson OBA
In the Guardian today, the above.
Looking at the most recent statistics:
NHS Scotland
In Q2 2025 (April-June), 95.3% of 7 461 patients started treatment within 31 days from decision to treat, beating the 95% target, and 69.9% of patients started treatment within 62 days from urgent suspicion of cancer.
NHS England
In July 2025, 92.4% of patients started treatment within 31 days and 69.2% of patients started treatment within 62 days.
https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/09/24/cancer-waiting-times-latest-updates-and-analysis/
So, NHS Scotland performing significantly better and remember that around 3% difference means around 250 more patients treated on time in Scotland, in one quarter, and around 2 500 more not treated on time in England.
Also, never reported or reported wrongly, this kind of thing:
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