Topic
Lung cancer
Performance status in every letter, the staging pathway explained once properly, and what to say the week of diagnosis.
Written against NICE NG122.
- Patient information After a lung cancer diagnosis - information for patients What happens next in the days after the diagnosis is given, written to be read again at home when the conversation has blurred.
- Test explainer Lung cancer tests - what each one is for PET-CT, EBUS, biopsy and the rest, explained to a patient who has been told they need "some more scans".
- Consultation template Suspected lung cancer First clinic assessment, written so the letter contains everything the MDT will ask for - starting with performance status.