The Cancer Practice Recognition Award is designed to help practices:
- use existing NCL Cancer Alliance (CA) resources
- align with quality improvement priorities
- support staff development in delivering high-quality cancer care.
This page provides a framework and practical guidance for GP practices participating in the NCL Cancer Bronze Recognition Award.
It outlines the key strategic themes: engagement, performance, patient experience and education; and sets out the specific actions and expectations for achieving the bronze level award.
Summary of Requirements
The requirements for practices participating are outlined in the table. More detailed guidance on how to meet each of the requirements can be found in the the user guide.
| Strategic Theme |
Requirement |
| Engagement |
1.1 Engage with Cancer Alliance by attending specific meetings/workshops and signing up for the CA register
1.2 Review the NCLCA guidance pack and learning prospectus to engage with wider partnerships, such as online courses, workshops with VCSE, to understand their offerings and patient support
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| Performance |
2.1 Familiarise key practice staff with the Cancer Primary Care Dashboard and be aware of practice and PCN performance figures
2.2 Practices are encouraged to ensure that all locums, registrars, and other clinical and non-clinical staff have access to the latest cancer care resources through the provided resource packs
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| Patient Experience |
3.1 Ensure that all locums, registrars, and other clinical and non-clinical staff have access to cancer care resources through the NCLCA resource packs
3.2 Identify and support family members and carers of cancer patients
3.3 Use NCL and practice level insights to improve patient experience
|
| Education |
4.1 Register team members for new CPD accredited eLearning modules
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| Other |
Practices should consider other cancer focussed Quality Improvement that support cancer care. Funding can be used to support delivery of projects.
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How to join the NCL Cancer Practice Recognition Award
NCL Cancer Alliance is inviting practices to join the pilot of the NCL Cancer Recognition Award (Bronze level), celebrating excellence in primary care cancer services.
25 plus practices (4–6 per borough) will take part with access to tailored support, tools and resources.
Practices will be able to access a share of a £50,000 grant fund to enable participation in this in this work. Depending on demand funding will be between £1,000-2,000 per practice.
Expressions of Interest will be accepted from now until Thursday 7 August. Practices will be selected in August and the scheme will formally commence from September 2025-February 2026.
More information is available on the FAQs page. Share questions by contacting uclh.ncl.primarycarecancer@nhs.net.
Expression of interest form
https://forms.office.com
Review date: Wednesday, 08 July 2026
