29 May 2009
The Scottish Government announced on May 19 that it had met its target of treating 95% of urgent cancer patients within two months of referral.
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said beginning treatment in 95.4% of such cases between October and November last year was ‘a significant achievement’. She said: ‘We must continue to strive for further improvement within specific NHS boards — and cancer types — and to ensure this achievement is sustained for the future.’
Although the target was met across Scotland as a whole, Dumfries & Galloway, Fife, Tayside and the Western Isles health boards all treated fewer than 95% of patients within 62 days
