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<p>The NHS Long Term Plan included an ambition that 75% of cancers will be diagnosed
at stage 1 and 2 by 2028. The plan sets out a number of key steps to achieve this,
including raising greater awareness of symptoms of cancer, accelerating access to
diagnosis and treatment and maximising the number of cancers that we identify through
screening. Meeting this ambition will also require the National Health Service to
harness new technological advances to target at risk patients more effectively; directing
our research and innovation effort to the areas where the data tells us we can have
the biggest impact; and mobilising the NHS so that we can adopt proven new approaches
more quickly.</p><p>In February 2019, NHS England announced that Targeted Lung Health
Checks will be one of the first projects to roll out following the launch of the NHS
Long Term Plan that was published in January 2019. The Targeted Lung Health Check
programme will cover 10 initial sites covering 14 clinical commissioning groups until
2023 in areas that have been selected as they have some of the highest rates of lung
cancer mortality. People aged 55-74 that have ever smoked will be invited to have
a free lung check. Results from these initial sites will form the basis for a wider
rollout across the country.</p>
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