Continued delayed cancer treatment waits are “unacceptable” a cancer charity has said as latest figures show no NHS boards met the Scottish Government’s 62-day pledge last quarter.
The latest figures from Public Health Scotland show that from October to December 2025, 27.4% patients waited longer than 62 days to start treatment following an urgent suspected cancer referral.
The statistics show that 72.6% of patients on an urgent referral for a suspicion of cancer started treatment within 62 days during this quarter.
This is below the SNP’s pledged 95% target which has not been met since 2012.
Chief executive of Cancer Research UK, Michelle Mitchell, said the latest figures were “unacceptable.”
She said: “It’s unacceptable that people are waiting too long to start cancer treatment. It’s…