The NPCA is delivered by the Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU) within the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
The overall aim of the NPCA is to improve the quality of care for people with prostate cancer in England and Wales. The NPCA looks at the care, treatment and outcomes for prostate cancer patients treated in NHS hospitals in England and Wales.
The audit’s specific objectives are to look at:
- Maintaining use of active surveillance to treat men with low-risk prostate cancer, thus reducing potential over-treatment
- Increasing use of multimodality therapy for men with high-risk or locally advanced prostate cancer, thus reducing potential under-treatment
- Improving safety and reducing toxicity of prostate cancer therapy
- Reducing variation in prostate cancer management among NHS providers
- Improving experience of care among men with prostate cancer