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Cancer in Children, Teens and Young Adults: On the Right Course?
Date of publication: 13th December 2018

This NCEPOD report highlights the quality of care for patients aged 0-25 years who died or were admitted to critical care within 60 days of receiving systemic anti-cancer therapy. The report takes a critical look at areas where the care of patients might have been improved. Remediable factors have also been identified in the clinical and the organisational care of these patients.

FULL Report

Executive Summary

Summary Sheet

Recommendation Checklist

Infographic

Audit Toolkit

YouTube Video: On the Right Course?

Audit Toolkit (Excel) above.
We hope you find this useful and if you have any feedback please do contact us at info@ncepod.org.uk. Please can you advise your local audit department if you plan to undertake this audit, it is important that they are made aware of it for the benefit of demonstrating Trust/Board activity and also so that they are in a position to support you and endorse the activity for your benefit.

Recommendation checklist (Excel - A3)

Slide set of principal recommendations (PowerPoint)

Commissioners' Guide (pdf)

Fishbone diagram (Word)

Study Questionnaires (2 Qs.)
Below are a list of questionnaires used in the study available for download. Click each to download as a pdf file.
Clinical Questionnaire A
Clinical Questionnaire B
Organisational Questionnaire