Cancer toolkit

The Cancer Diagnosis Audit Tool is designed for use within GP practices. It supports clinicians to reflect on new cancer diagnoses by quarter and identify any avoidable delays. The tool auto-fills fields using data from the patient record, making it easier to review delays in cancer care. 

How it works 

Run a single search in EMIS or SystmOne and import the results to: 

• Review quarterly activity

Audit cancer diagnoses one quarter at a time, or for multiple quarters in the previous financial year. 

• Work smarter

Autofill audit fields using data from patient records. 

• Address inequalities

Reflect on patient demographics, co-morbidities, age at diagnosis, tumour group. 

User Guides 

CEG Cancer Diagnosis Audit Tool - User Guide for EMIS Web [PDF 5,079KB] 

CEG Cancer Diagnosis Audit Tool - User Guide for SystmOne [PDF 4,577KB]

Access 

If you work in an NHS GP practice in North East London and have not yet downloaded this tool, or need support using it, please contact your local CEG facilitator. 

Template 

Our template 'CEG Cancer Referral and Safety Netting' enables GP teams to enter the correct codes into patient records easily and add diary entries that can be used for safety netting (following up activity to make sure nothing is missed). It is published in all North East London localities, in EMIS (Resource Publisher) and SystmOne.  

The template was developed in collaboration with NHS North East London cancer leads. It is similar to the EMIS-Macmillan template, but also caters for a City and Hackney local incentive scheme that requires practices to record whether patients were seen / did not attend their appointments. 

Protocols 

We have published two protocols that will launch the template automatically:   

• CEG Cancer Safety Netting Protocol (Triggers when Fast Track Referral code is added) 
• CEG Cancer Buzzword Protocol (Triggers a prompt to launch the template when symptom buzzwords are coded) 

Both are available in all North East London localities but need to be activated by the practice. 

Our searches support GP practices to identify patients for cancer screening, safety netting and ongoing cancer care. They enable activity across the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Directed Enhanced Service (DES), Investment and Impact Fund (IIF) and Primary Care Network (PCN) contracts.

The searches are published in the CEG practice support folder for every North East London locality - the majority are in Folder 4.

• Folder 4 (QOF and DES): Cancer safety netting, screening call and recall, prevalence improvement, cancer support (including cancer care review and cancer support discussion)
• Folder 3 (PCN): Faecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) for lower gastrointestinal referrals 
• Folder 7 (Misc): Identify bowel cancer screening non-responders (currently available for EMIS only, a SystmOne search is in development) 

The CEG Cancer Screening dashboard displays data for bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening. View data by practice, Primary Care Network, Borough or whole North East London region. 

North East London primary care or local authority teams should speak to their practice managers or local CEG facilitator for the link and login details.

Our team of facilitators and support officers support exceptional performance across North East London. 

We offer: 

• Practice visits (online and in person) 
• Help using any of CEG's tools and resources 
• Advice for improving in a particular area, eg safety netting 
• CEG orientation for new team members 
• Our clinical leads, data analysts and researchers provide insight to inform initiatives and commissioning across the region.  

Contact your local facilitator to get started.