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Results from the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) in England and Wales have been published today by the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN). The findings demonstrate improvements in early diagnosis across England and Wales but also highlight delays to treatment and ongoing variation in access to care.

The latest NHS consultant-led referral-to-treatment (RTT) data shows that the total waiting list decreased to 7.29 million in December 2025. In the final month of last year, the NHS came under sustained pressure, with flu and norovirus cases reaching exceptionally high levels.

Responding, Professor Vivien Lees, Senior Vice-President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England), said: “Staff targeted by James Gilbert’s behaviour will feel disappointed by today’s Court of Appeal judgment. Erasure from the medical register must always remain a potential outcome for unacceptable behaviours, including sexual misconduct."