The NOGCA Quality Improvement priorities were developed in consultation with stakeholders in the Clinical Reference Group and are described in the NOGCA Quality Improvement Plan.
NOGCA Quality Improvement goals are:
- Reduce rates of emergency and late stage diagnosis of OG cancer
- Reduce the percentage of patients with OG cancer waiting more than 62 days from referral to first treatment
- Increase the percentage of people with OG cancer who have access to a clinical nurse specialist (CNS)
- Improve outcomes of potentially curative treatment for people with OG cancer
- Improve completion and reduce complications of palliative chemotherapy for people with OG cancer.
NICE quality standards for oesophagus cancer in adults
Introduction to Quality Improvement
Links to organisations providing essential reading and background to Quality Improvement
| Royal College of Surgeons of England | Quality Improvement in Surgery |
| Royal College of Radiology | Quality Improvement in Clinical Radiology |
| Health Foundation | Quality Improvement resources and publications |
| HQIP (Professionals) | Introduction to quality improvement for healthcare professionals |
| HQIP (Patients) | Introduction to quality improvement for patients and public |
| National Institute of Clinical Excellence | Putting evidence based guidance into practice |
| NHS Wales | Improvement Cymru |
Quality Improvement Methods and Tools
Links to useful Quality Improvement methods and tools including templates
| Source | Title |
| NHS Improvement | QSIR – Tools by patient pathway |
| NHS Improvement | QSIR – Tools by type of task |
| Institute for Healthcare Improvement | Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit |
| HQIP | Good governance handbook |
| HQIP | Clinical audit: a guide for NHS Boards and partners |
| HQIP | A guide to quality improvement tools |
| East London NHS Foundation Trust | Quality Improvement Resources |
| National Institute for Health and Care Excellence | Quality Improvement resources for commissioners |
Quality Improvement Case Studies
Below is a list of QI case studies.
| Source | Title |
| NHS Scotland | QI Case Studies |
| Journal of Thoracic Disease | Benchmark analyses in minimally invasive esophagectomy-impact on surgical quality improvement |
| Annals of Surgical Oncology | Quality Improvement in Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Outcome Improvement Through Data Review |
| Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | Evolution of Standardized Clinical Pathways: Refining Multidisciplinary Care and Process to Improve Outcomes of the Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer |
| European Journal of Surgical Oncology | Control chart methods for monitoring surgical performance: A case study from gastro-oesophageal surgery |
National Quality Improvement programmes
National programmes working to improve the quality of care and use the findings from the NOGCA to underpin their work
| Source | Title |
| National Clinical Audit Benchmarking | Benchmarked NOGCA data utilised for CQC hospital inspections |
| Getting it Right First Time | Variation in general surgery delivery and clinical practice |