Access useful resources to help understand the staffing and governance structures needed for a successful screening programme including multidisciplinary teams, planning for workforce capacity, and ensuring clear leadership and accountability.
- The Lung Cancer Policy Network has published policy briefs focusing on the importance of developing a clear protocol for low-dose CT (LDCT) screening, which should include guidance on eligibility criteria, recruitment strategies, and data monitoring and evaluation.
- The Lung Cancer Policy Network also includes information on workforce capacity for lung cancer screening.
- NHS England has produced a standard protocol outlining clinical governance requirements, along with service and quality indicators for targeted screening for lung cancer across England.
- The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) Lung Cancer Screening proposal emphasises the need to update cost-effectiveness evaluations to identify the most effective screening strategies, including the target population, screening intervals, and risk thresholds.
- CCI4EU is a European initiative aiming to help Member States and Associated Countries to rethink the cancer culture by funding a more equitable transfer of knowledge to everyone. Access resources on cancer screening including policy recommendations on governance, organisation and evaluation of cancer screening.