Cancer waiting times shorten in Scotland and hundreds treated faster than if they lived in England

Professor John Robertson OBA

From Public Health Scotland’s Cancer waiting times 1 July to 30 September 2025 published today:

70.7% of patients started treatment within 62 days, compared with 69.9% in the previous quarter.

95.1% of patients started treatment within 31 days, compared with 95.3% in the previous quarter.1

The comparable figures for NHS England were 68.8% and 91.4%.

Remember these figures related to around ten thousand patients in Scotland and hundreds of thousands in England so a difference of say 4% means hundreds treated on time in Scotland and thousands not treated on time in England.

Sources:

  1. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/cancer-waiting-times/cancer-waiting-times-1-july-to-30-september-2025/
  2. https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=e98ed9e94ed2e83dac92e91451371a90df1bec08ae79c9ceed8815306624136aJmltdHM9MTc2NjQ0ODAwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=040f0c0f-8f6f-69bb-36d4-18948ed46872&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZW5nbGFuZC5uaHMudWsvc3RhdGlzdGljcy9zdGF0aXN0aWNhbC13b3JrLWFyZWFzL2NhbmNlci13YWl0aW5nLXRpbWVzLw&ntb=1

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