The Liverpool Lung Cancer Unit
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The Liverpool Lung Cancer Unit was formed in April 2000 when the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals combined resources to provide a seamless service for patients with suspected lung cancer. The unit is the largest in Merseyside and Cheshire.
The unit pioneered many of the innovations in cancer care that are now embedded in national policy, including coding the reports of suspicious imaging, primary care based ‘straight to CT’ for abnormal chest x-rays, 72- hour urgent CT scans, lung cancer screening , and virtual patient assessment to prevent unnecessary clinic attendance and speed up the diagnostic pathway.
The Unit consists of two distinct arms:
- Inpatient Service: based at the Royal Liverpool Hospital site (of The Liverpool University Hospital Group), for patients with suspected lung cancer who require inpatient or acute services.
Patients who present acutely ill initially attend AED/acute depts, where if necessary, they are admitted and their acute illness is treated in parallel with timely lung cancer investigations facilitated by the team. On discharge from hospital any outstanding investigations or results can be delivered quickly via the outpatient service. - Outpatient Service: using the facilities of both sites (Royal and LHCH/Broadgreen Hospital), patients are offered both virtual and face to face consultations to facilitate a timely holistic patient-centred diagnostic plan, enabled and delivered by dedicated Consultant Respiratory Physicians and the Lung Clinical Nurse Specialist team.
The team work between hospital sites to coordinate appropriate investigations and provide continuity and specialist support to patients and their families.
Multidisciplinary Team Working
All patients who are suspected or diagnosed with lung cancer are discussed at the lung multidisciplinary team meeting ( MDT ). This is where experts in the different ways of investigating/treating lung cancer meet and discuss the best investigation/treatment options for each patient. This meeting occurs each Friday morning at LHCH prior to the patients attending the outpatient clinics that morning.
The Team
Further Information/contact with team:
- Secretarial offices: 0151 600 1468 and 0151 706 3559.
- Clinical Nurse Specialist offices: 0151 600 1182 and 0151 706 2372.
- Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation Website
- Macmillan Cancer Support Website