The National Bowel Cancer Audit (NBOCA) measures the quality and outcomes of care for people diagnosed for the first time with bowel cancer in NHS hospitals in England and Wales, to be able to improve the quality of the care that people receive. NBOCA has been a mandatory national audit since 2010.
NBOCA is commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), funded by NHS England and the Welsh Government, and delivered by the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN), a part of the Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
The NBOCA has its own Clinical Advisory Group, Project Team and Patient & Public Involvement Forum.