Latest figures from ISD Scotland (Information Services Division) confirm that NHS Highland has again failed to meet 62-day cancer treatment guarantee and the three-week waiting time standard for alcohol treatment.
Only 79 per cent of patients received cancer treatment within the 62 days, with the maximum wait for cancer treatment being 226 days. NHS Highland has missed this target in the past five quarters.
The Scottish Government set a target which expects 95 per cent of patients found to have cancer to begin their first treatment within 62 days of referral for tests and scans.