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The National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) is part of the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN).

The aim of the NLCA is to evaluate the patterns of care and outcomes for patients with lung cancer in England and Wales.
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📬 Stay informed:
Follow us and subscribe to updates at nlca@rcseng.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This will be the first NLCA report from the NATCAN team to implement an outlier policy.🚨
The policy helps identify and manage providers whose performance on selected indicators falls outside the expected range.

More information about NLCA outlier policy: www.natcan.org.uk/library/natc...
NATCAN Outlier Policy 2025 - National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre
The national cancer audits publish performance indicators of the quality of care received by people in England and Wales as part of the annual State of the Nation Reports. If the performance of a…
www.natcan.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
📘 Learn more about our QI Intervention and how we’re driving change:
🔗 Visit our QI Intervention page: www.natcan.org.uk/audits/lung/...
NLCA Quality Improvement - National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre
Our work to promote quality improvement among providers of treatment for lung cancer.
www.natcan.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We’re:
✅ Working closely with trusts identified as needing improvement
✅ Collecting and sharing best practices from well-performing trusts
✅ Launching a series of co-interventions to support education and communication, in collaboration with key stakeholders — including Lung Cancer Nursing UK(LCNUK)
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🔗 The NLCA Patient and Public Report 2025 shares insights into the experiences of people diagnosed with lung cancer in 2023 across England and Wales:
www.natcan.org.uk/reports/nlca...
NLCA Patient and Public Report 2025 - National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre
The NLCA Patient and Public Report 2025 presents the results for patients diagnosed during 2023 in England and Wales. There is also a version of this report for healthcare professionals which can be…
www.natcan.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Earlier this year, the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) published a helpful resource:
📘 “Questions to Ask Healthcare Professionals” – designed to support individuals navigating a lung cancer diagnosis and treatment.
🔗 Read it here: www.natcan.org.uk/library/nlca...
NLCA Questions to ask Healthcare Professionals - National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre
Navigating a lung cancer diagnosis and treatment can feel overwhelming. We have put together a list of questions that it might be helpful to ask healthcare professionals involved in your care for…
www.natcan.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
✨ New features in this edition:
📥 Download report – Choose between Data downloads or Report downloads
📊 Data downloads – Access multiple metrics for a single Trust or all Trusts in a Cancer Alliance
🏥 Organisation selection – Search and fix your organisation view while switching metrics
October 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We hope this resource makes complex stats easier to grasp💡
September 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
 And you can now download reports at trust and cancer alliance levels! 🖥️📑
July 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM