National Lung Cancer Audit
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The National Lung Cancer 2018 spotlight audit on molecular testing
Posted by Judith Tweedie and Neal Navani
Judith Tweedie, Research Fellow at the Royal College of Physicians, and Neal Navani, co-clinical lead explain why the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) is running a spotlight audit evaluating molecular testing in patients diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in mid-October.
National Lung Cancer Audit 2017: key findings for patients and carers - a patient’s perspective
by Janette Rawlinson
Patient advocate and contributor to our latest patient booklet Janette Rawlinson offers her perspective on the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) and the variation in lung cancer treatment that still exists in the UK.
Wednesday 16 May, 2018
NLCA Data Refresh
by Natasha Wood
Tasha Wood, audit project manager at the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS), shares plans for refreshing data ahead of the next National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) mid-year and annual reports.
Tuesday 20 March, 2018
Timelines for Publication of Annual Report Data
by Paul Beckett
Paul Beckett explains why it takes so long for data on lung cancer patients to be reported by the NLCA.
Monday 05 February, 2018
National Lung Cancer Audit – second organisational audit
by Bhavani Adizie
Clinical research fellow, Bhavani Adizie, looks at the results from our second organisational audit and how they compare to results from 2014.
Monday 29 January, 2018
NLCA at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer world conference
by Neal Navani
National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) co-clinical lead Neal Navani reflects on the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) annual conference.
Friday 27 October, 2017
'25 by 25': National Lung Cancer Audit quality improvement workshop
by Hannah Rodgers
National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) project coordinator Hannah Rodgers looks back at the quality improvement (QI) workshop in Leeds.
Monday 23 October, 2017
Changes to NLCA Analysis
by Paul Beckett
National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) senior clinical lead Paul Beckett describes important new changes to the way results for the audit will be analysed and presented, and how we will identify and assist trusts whose results fall below an acceptable standard.
Wednesday 23 August, 2017
Accessing lung cancer audit data for innovative and important research
by Neal Navani
Neal Navani, clinical lead, and Natasha Wood, audit project manager, describe the benefits of using National Lung Cancer Audit and Public Health England (PHE) data and how to access the data.
Tuesday 01 August, 2017
Case ascertainment in the National Lung Cancer Audit
by Paul Beckett
NLCA senior clinical lead Paul Beckett examines why case ascertainment has been such a key feature of our reports in the past, but is now no longer so crucial.
Wednesday 19 July, 2017
Progress report: the Lung Cancer Clinical Outcomes Publication
by Doug West
Doug West, thoracic surgeon and SCTS audit lead, looks at the Lung Cancer Clinical Outcomes Publication (LCCOP) and how it has developed into a mandatory national audit.
Tuesday 18 July, 2017
Spotlight audit 2017
by Neal Navani
Neal Navani, clinical lead at the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA), explains why we are running our spotlight audit of patients who were diagnosed in 2015 with early-stage disease and good performance status but did not undergo surgery.
Tuesday 06 June, 2017
Plans for National Lung Cancer Audit data validation
by Paul Beckett
NLCA senior clinical lead Paul Beckett outlines the audit's plans to implement a local validation process in England to quality assure the registry data before publication of our next report.
Thursday 18 May, 2017
Quality improvement visit: North West Coast
by Susan Harden
National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) clinical lead Susan Harden writes about her quality improvement visit to the North West.
Thursday 27 April, 2017
Reflections on the national lung cancer organisational audit
by Bhavani Adizie
With the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) about to embark on the second national organisational audit Dr Bhavani Adizie asks 'what is this audit' and 'why is it so important'?
Monday 03 April, 2017
National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) annual report 2016
by Tasha Wood
The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS) compiles data about the full lung cancer patient pathway from a variety of data sources. Tasha Wood, audit project manager at the NCRAS, outlines how to obtain the patient-level data behind the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) annual report.
Thursday 30 March, 2017
Quality improvement visit: Cheshire and Merseyside
by Paul Beckett
NLCA clinical lead Paul Beckett discusses his quality improvement (QI) visit to the North West.
Tuesday 21 March, 2017