Health boards are to share more than £4 million to help tackle cancer waiting times after a drop in performance against a key target.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde was one of 10 health boards to have missed the target of 95% of patients starting treatment within 62 days.

In the first three months of 2015, 91.8% of patients who were urgently referred with the suspicion of cancer began treatment within 62 days, compared to 94.2% in the previous three months.

Health Secretary Shona Robison announced he funds to improve services across the country.

She said: "Our cancer targets are rightly rigorous as patients deserve the best cancer care possible but there is no doubt that we must do more - especially on our 62-day target.

"While this has increased from 84.5% in 2007, we remain fully committed to once again reaching our standard of 95%.

"This is why today's £4.05 million funding, which comes on top of the £8.5 million invested over the past three years to improve cancer services, is extremely important.

"This will help improve on diagnostic waits across the country as well as provide local support through the recruitment of a new consultant in the west of Scotland and additional resource for endoscopy services."

Statistics also showed more than 400 people had to wait longer than the target time of two weeks to be discharged from hospital after they were well enough to go home.

The total of 408 patients is up 14% from the previous month in May, 165 people had been waiting more than six weeks to be discharged.

Of the total, 41% were waiting for a care home and 38% were waiting for care and support to be put in place to allow them to return to their own home.

Health Secretary Shona Robison, said: "Clearly, there are still too many people delayed in hospital as they wait for a care package in the community or a care assessment to allow them to leave hospital.”