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🚨 There’s still time to apply for the Clinical Director role at NATCAN. Just 6 days left until the deadline.

Send us your application: www.natcan.org.uk/careers/curr...

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✅ New indicator available!
📈 The new indicator — Proportion of NSCLC (stage I–II, PS 0–1) patients who had surgery — is now available, with reporting at both Cancer Alliance and trust level.Visit the Performance Indicators dashboard to explore the results.

 📢 The NLCA April quarterly data dashboard is now live!✨
This release includes the latest English data up to 30 June 2025.
🔗 Access the dashboard here: rcs-ceu.shinyapps.io/NLCA/ 

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NLCA Newsletter, April 2026 - National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre We use some essential cookies to make this website work.

📣 The April NLCA Newsletter is here!
This month features the recently published State of the Nation report 2026, the upcoming April Data Dashboard, and engagement activities including our latest blog, conference participation and upcoming podcast. 

👉 Read here: buff.ly/4uAhrxe
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We are recruiting a Clinical Director for the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre.

This senior role provides an opportunity to lead national cancer audits, influence quality improvement and shape the future of cancer audit.

Closing 20 April.

More info 👇

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Learn more about NLCA State of the Nation Report 2026:
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🎙️NLCA Clinical Fellow Lauren Dixon spoke to the Video Journal of Oncology at BTOG 2026, highlighting key findings from the State of the Nation Report 2026.
Watch the interview: buff.ly/5yud1f2

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🩺 Celebrating National Cancer CNS Day!

LCNSs play a crucial role in improving lung cancer care.
NLCA’s QI work continues to support better access nationwide.
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State of the Nation 2026: progress in earlier diagnosis and the challenge of rising demand | UKLCC In February 2026, the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) published its latest State of the Nation report, which provides a picture of how lung cancer care is delivered across England and Wales. The…

🚀New NLCA blog: State of the Nation 2026: progress in earlier diagnosis and the challenge of rising demand
By Dr Lauren Dixon, NLCA Clinical Fellow

📌More people diagnosed earlier
📌Growing demand and pressure on services

Read the blog here👉 buff.ly/3qrBYu1

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Our Patient and Public Report is now available, alongside the full State of the Nation 2026 report.
A big thank you to our Patient and Public Forum for their invaluable contributions. 
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Did you know you can explore the State of the Nation 2026 results at Trust and Cancer Alliance level on the NLCA dashboard📈 ?
View performance indicators, patient characteristics and data completeness here:
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The Patient & Public Report has also been published today:https://buff.ly/WaB7JHK

📣The NLCA State of the Nation Report 2026 has been published today.
📘Read the full report for details of care received by people diagnosed with lung cancer in 2024 in England and Wales:https://buff.ly/DxtiWuG
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HQIP has just published a news article on improving early lung cancer diagnosis and survival. Take a look to see how NLCA is helping drive improvements in earlier lung cancer diagnosis. See the post here:

NLCA Newsletter, January 2026 - National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre We use some essential cookies to make this website work.

📣 The January NLCA Newsletter is out now!
Kick off 2026 with updates on our QI Intervention, the latest data dashboard, the upcoming State of the Nation report, and more.
👉 Read the newsletter here:
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With the January quarterly results, NLCA continues to communicate and collaborate with trusts to improve care.📈

📚 Learn more:
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Alongside Early signal reporting as part of our Quality Improvement (QI) efforts, the NLCA team launched a QI intervention in October 2025 to improve access to Lung Cancer Nurse Specialist (LCNS) care.

📢 The NLCA January quarterly data dashboard is now live!✨
This release includes the latest English data up to 31 March 2025.
🔗 Access the dashboard here: buff.ly/JKL3YEP

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As we reflect on our 2025 Annual Report, we’d like to thank everyone who supports NATCAN’s work to improve cancer care across the UK.

Read it here 👉https://bit.ly/49214fg

Thank you to all involved and best wishes for 2026 ✨

LCNUK and the NLCA have produced a new infographic highlighting 10 key steps to improve access to LCNS care.

A useful resource for teams aiming to drive service improvement ▶️ ow.ly/kg5e50XsWM1

Innovation drives progress. From clinical research to education, BTOG supports the lung cancer community in delivering better treatments and outcomes.
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📬 Stay informed:
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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...

🫁 Lung Cancer Awareness Month 🫁

As we raise awareness this November, we’re also looking ahead to a key milestone in the lung cancer audit calendar.

📢 📅 On 12 February 2026, NLCA will publish the State of the Nation Report 2026, alongside the Patient and Public Report.

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1/2 This #LungCancerAwarenessMonth we're sharing the latest @nlca-natcan.bsky.social @natcan-news.bsky.social @hqip.bsky.social report on care received by people diagnosed with #LungCancer in England and Wales during 2023.🫁

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📘 Learn more about our QI Intervention and how we’re driving change:
🔗 Visit our QI Intervention page: www.natcan.org.uk/audits/lung/...

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)