Characteristics of case study sites
| Site | Year in post | LCNS number on site | Access to treatment/LCNS access* | Active antilung cancer treatment on site | Focus of LCNS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | Radiotherapy | Chemotherapy | |||||
| A | 2007 | 2 | High/high | No | No | Yes | Sees patients in outpatient clinic. Mostly see patients in community including postdiagnosis home visits. A lot of telephone consultations |
| B | 2002 | 2 | High/low-mid | No | No | No | One stop outpatient clinic and respiratory clinic. Does home and ward visits. Work with patients postdiagnosis and now setting up rehabilitation service |
| C | 2000 | 1 | Low/high | No | No | Yes—regimen dependent; some referred to tertiary centre | Sees patients on wards and in outpatient clinic (including preoperative, bronchoscopy clinics) and chemotherapy unit. Some home visits |
| D | 2010 | 2 | Low/low | No | No | Yes—regimen dependent. Some on other trust site | Cover oncology clinics. See patients on ward but focus is on telephone and clinic work |
*Based on NLCA data which ranks treatment and LCNS access by percentile. Sites were approached for participation to ensure a mix of high and low treatment/LCNS access.
LCNS, Lung Cancer Nurse Specialist; NLCA, National Lung Cancer Audit.