Implementation of the NHS England Lung Cancer Screening Programme over 5 years

Lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography has been proven to reduce lung-cancer-specific and all-cause mortality. The UK launched the NHS England Targeted Lung Health Check Programme in 2019, which has now become the national Lung Cancer Screening Programme, with full coverage expected by 2030. Here we present the progress and outcomes of the program. People aged 55-74 were offered low-dose computed tomography of the thorax if they had ever smoked and if risk thresholds, as determined by multivariable models, were met. Delivery of the program is through regionally federated clinical infrastructure and leadership, with national strategic, clinical and economic frameworks. The program has invited…

• A
  AstraZeneca
• RC
  Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
• UH
  UCL Hospitals Charitable Foundation
• RM
  Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
• CR
  Cancer Research UK
• NI
  National Institute for Health and Care Research
• EO
  European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
• UC
  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• SB
  Samsung Biomedical Research Institute