NPaCA Quarterly Data Dashboard

The purpose of the National Pancreatic Cancer Audit (NPaCA) is to evaluate the patterns of care and outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer in England and Wales, and to support services to improve the quality of care for these patients. More details of the audit and scope can be found on our web page.

These dashboards are subject to ongoing iterative development and we therefore welcome suggestions and feedback, which can help guide changes made in future releases.

This quarterly report provides information on:

1. The quality (completeness) of key data items captured in the rapid cancer registration data for people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in NHS trusts in England between 1st January 2022 and 31st December 2024, at NHS trust level. This information is intended to highlight to trusts where data submissions to COSD could be improved to enable better reporting on performance indicators in the future.
2. A range of performance indicators for people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in NHS trusts in England between 1st January 2022 and 31st December 2024, at NHS trust and Cancer Alliance levels. This information is intended to provide a more current view of performance, compared to the annual State of the Nation report, and to track changes on a quarterly basis going forward.

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Data sources used in this report:

For this quarterly report, the core dataset used was the Rapid Cancer Registration Dataset (RCRD). This dataset is compiled mainly from COSD records and is made available more quickly than the complete cancer registration dataset. However, the speed of production means that the range of data items is limited and several standard data items in the complete registration dataset are unavailable. It also does not have complete coverage of all patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in England during the reporting period. For more information regarding the RCRD, including the data dictionary, visit the RCRD webpage maintained by NHS England.

This NPaCA report allocates records to NHS organisations based on the “trust at diagnosis” recorded within the RCRD dataset. Diagnoses allocated to The Christie or The Clatterbridge are included in their respective Cancer Alliance figures but are not reported at trust-level, as these tertiary centres typically do not diagnose pancreatic cancer.