For Professionals

Information for clinicians and hospital staff participating in the National Bowel Cancer Audit

The National Bowel Cancer Audit (NBOCA) measures the quality and outcomes of care for patients diagnosed for the first time with bowel cancer in NHS hospitals in England and Wales. It supports hospitals in the UK to improve the quality of the care received by patients.

Quality Improvement resources, including the NBOCA QI Plan are available here.

Individual Trust Results are available for each audit year from 2014-15 to 2020-21, including a comparison of outcomes between providers. Your Trust’s results can be downloaded as a PDF report or slide set from the Compare trust Outcomes page for your Trust.

The latest reports are available here and the latest NBOCA publications here.

Other resources, reports and FAQs aimed at professionals can be found below: