'Lives Will Be Lost' Warning as Damning New Cancer Waiting Time Statistics Published

'Lives will be lost' warning as damning new cancer waiting time statistics published

Scottish ministers are being warned of a ‘ticking time bomb’ in the country’s hospitals.

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 Sc…