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Lung health checks (LHCs)

Watch the new ‘Focus On: Lung Health Checks’ episode now.

 

In this Focus On video, Dr Haval Balata, Respiratory Consultant at Wythenshawe Hospital and Responsible Clinician for the Greater Manchester Targeted Lung Health Check Programme, discusses the pioneering project from Greater Manchester. He explains how important the screening programme is in identifying lung cancer earlier and what the health check involves so that you can best support your patients..

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Available resources

Commissioned by the Greater Manchester Cancer Early Diagnosis Team, we’ve produced a range of resources for all primary care professionals working across Greater Manchester. Below you can view further educational content, from infographics, videos and webinars, that feature your local cancer pathway clinical leads and all aim to improve earlier diagnosis of cancer in your patients.

These resources will help further boost your cancer knowledge, improve suspected cancer referrals and support your patients and practice.

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Study Day

Lung Cancer

This course aims to support primary care professionals in recognising potentially indicative symptoms of lung cancer and in effective clinical decision making when referring patients on a suspected cancer pathway. You will be presented with case studies and patient stories in different formats, alongside specialist discussion and a range of activities to reinforce key learning points.

Course Summary

1 CPD

Free

1 hr

Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance

Diagnosing cancer earlier is one of the biggest actions the NHS can take to improve survival rates.

 

Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance funded GatewayC to create a series of resources for primary care professionals including infographics, short videos, webinars, and study days – all designed to support earlier and faster cancer diagnosis across the region.

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