The NHS mobile screening unit offering NHS Lung Cancer Screening in Greater Manchester with a circle featuring a photo of Sue - a white woman with short blonde hair - and the words: "It was a shock. there was nothing to suggest I had lung cancer. Never would I have guessed it in a million years." Sue Ravenscroft, Greater Manchester.

Across Greater Manchester, between April 2025 and March 2026, over half (53.3%) of lung cancers were diagnosed at an early stage.


Part of this success is down to the NHS Lung Cancer Screening programme in Greater Manchester which is led by Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust with support from the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

Since launching this screening programme more than 333,000 people have been invited for a lung health check. So far 202,000 lung health checks have been carried out and 139,000 people have had a low-dose CT-scan.

 
More than 1,750 lung cancers have been found as a result of NHS Lung Cancer Screening – 81% at an early stage where treatment is much more likely to be successful.

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