NHS Mobile Clinics Detect Over 5,000 Early Lung Cancer Cases

The innovative screening program targets high-risk areas, significantly improving early diagnosis rates across England.

The NHS Targeted Lung Health Check Programme, launched in 2019, has identified 5,037 lung cancer cases, with 76% detected at early stages.
Mobile clinics visit communities with high lung cancer rates, offering checks in convenient locations like supermarket car parks and sports stadiums.
Early detection through the program increases the five-year survival rate nearly 20-fold compared to late-stage diagnoses.
The initiative focuses on current and former smokers aged 55-74, providing health checks and CT scans to those at risk.
Plans are underway to expand the program nationwide by 2030, aiming to enhance early detection and survival rates further.