The national cancer audits publish performance indicators of the quality of care received by people in England and Wales as part of the annual State of the Nation Reports.
If the performance of a provider is found to fall outside the expected range for selected performance indicators during the analysis for the State of the Nation report, it is flagged as a potential outlier.
The NATCAN Outlier Policy describes the process used by the national cancer audits for managing providers flagged as potential outliers.
The principles used by NATCAN outlier policy are based on established practices and are consistent with HQIPs ‘NCAPOP Outlier Guidance: Identification and management of outliers’ in England and Wales.
The NATCAN Outlier Policy will be reviewed annually by the NATCAN Board.
NATCAN Outlier Policy 2026 V1.5