National Cancer Intelligence Network
In line with the commitments in the Cancer Reform Strategy, the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) will be launched in June 2008.
The NCIN will coordinate the collection, analysis and publication of comparative national information on diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for types of cancers and types of patient, in a way which is useful to patients, commissioners and service providers and other interested parties. As part of the NCRI, partners will help fund research on the data collated by the NCIN, facilitating a more informed analysis of cancer services than has ever been possible before.
"The principal aim of the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) is to bring together patient-level datasets with the expertise needed to provide quality assurance and high quality cancer intelligence on a national scale, to co-ordinate information definition, compilation and usage.
The NCIN will oversee and coordinate the provision of information which will be needed to improve cancer services, increase patient choice and will provide a valuable new resource for epidemiological and health services research.
The NCIN will be tasked with ensuring optimal use is made of all bodies of data currently collected, and to identify and eliminate duplication of effort."
NCIN Launch Event
The NCIN will be launched at an event at the London Hilton Metropole, on Wednesday 18th June 2008.
This launch event will set out the initial agenda and role for the NCIN. The event will describe and examine proposed changes in cancer data collection, and will focus on the information which NCIN will provide in its first year, 2008-09.
The event will be of particular relevance to a range of people, including:
- information specialists in cancer networks, NHS Trusts, PCTs, cancer registries and the private sector
- cancer data users in patient and support groups, charities, information departments
- commissioners of cancer care
- specialists in cancer service improvement
- cancer researchers in epidemiology, health service research and informatics
- cancer charities and service users
Click here to download details about the event, including how to register.
