The Daily Record back in gear only days after being slapped by the recent election results, has a tale of one person getting the wrong test results. If they were a real newspaper, here’s some research they might have done if it didn’t spoil their agenda. From Public Health Scotland Cancer waiting times published in April 2026: There were 4,797 eligible referrals, a decrease of 0.2% from the previous quarter, and an increase of 28.8% from the quarter ending 31 December 2019. 72.6% of patients started treatment within 62 days, compared with 70.7% in the previous quarter. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/cancer-waiting-times/cancer-waiting-times-1-october-to-31-december-2025/ The equivalent figure for NHS England … Continue reading NHS Scotland’s faster than NHS England cancer treatment service saved an extra 5 000 lives in the last 10 years but Daily Record finds one wrong test result to front page today