Cervical cancer
Patients diagnosed from October 2020 to September 2023
An Official Statistics publication for Scotland
- Published
- 24 September 2024 (Latest release)
- Type
- Statistical report
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
About this release
This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents performance against the National Cervical Cancer Quality Performance Indicators (QPIs) in the Cancer QPIs dashboard held within the Scottish Cancer Registry and Intelligence Service (SCRIS).
Main points
- There were 293 women diagnosed with Cervical Cancer in Scotland over the period October 2022 to September 2023. This is a decrease from the previous years (303 diagnosed from October 2020 to September 2021 and 311 from October 2021 to September 2022).
- At Scotland level for October 2022 to September 2023 the target was met for four of the five indicators.
- Improvement is noted in QPI 1 Radiological Staging and QPI 4 Radical Hysterectomy with the target being met nationally in October 2022 to September 2023 for the first time in the three-year period.
- The results presented show excellent performance with only QPI 5 Surgical Margins narrowly missing the target, by just one case.
Background
National cancer quality performance indicators have been developed to support continuous quality improvement in cancer care (CEL 06 2012). NHS Boards are required to report these indicators against a clinically agreed indicator specific target as part of the mandatory national cancer quality programme. They have been developed collaboratively by North Cancer Alliance, South East Scotland Cancer Network, West of Scotland Cancer Network, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and PHS. Figures are gathered and recorded in the central database by specialised cancer audit teams in the cancer networks.
Further information
The QPI publications look at a three-year period and for that reason the next release of this publication will be in September 2027.
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