New cases of cancer have reached a record high in Scotland, while a key waiting time target has not been met for well over a decade. Meanwhile patients have faced delays in starting cancer treatment, with just 69.9% of patients beginning treatment within the 62-day target window between April and June this year. The PHS report noted: “For NHS Scotland overall, the 62-day standard was not met in Q2 2025 and has not been met since Q4 2012. “Staff are working flat out, but lives are being put at risk because of the SNP’s failure to cut waiting times. He said: “SNP ministers have never once met the cancer waiting times target in the 13 years since it was introduced.