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National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS)

Population Size

232,863

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

2025

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

North West England: https://www.geonames.org/2641227/north-west.html

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

2-6 months

Lead time statistic card

Summary

The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS), part of Public Health England (PHE), is the population-based cancer registry for England. It collects, quality assures and analyses data on all people living in England who are diagnosed with malignant and pre-malignant neoplasms, with national coverage

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Persons

Number of distinct individuals in the dataset

2976098

Count

30 May 2025

Events

Number of cancer registration entries

3219114

Count

30 May 2025

Provenance

Source of data extraction

EPR

Collection source setting

Secondary care - Accident and Emergency, Secondary care - In-patients, Secondary care - Outpatients

Patient pathway description

Cancer data collection of how many people in England have cancer,

a rare disease or congenital anomaly. The data also shows which treatments are working well and this means the NHS can use the data to improve patient care across the country.

This dataset incorporates 3 tables (Cancer Registrations

, NDRS Rapid Registrations and Pathway).

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Annual

Version

1.0.0

Modified

25/06/2025

Coverage

Start date

30/04/2025

Time lag

More than 6 months

Geographic coverage

Maximum age range

119

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

NHS DATA DICTIONARY

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

text/csv, application/sql

Data Access Request

Time to dataset access

2-6 months

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

A secure workspace within the SDE will be implemented for each project. The standard package for a secure workspace includes a cloud-based VDI providing access to an instance of the platform and a suite of included tools. Further details can be provided on request

Jurisdiction

UK

Data use limitation

Research use only

Data use requirements

User-specific restriction

Data Controller

North West Secure Data Environment (SDE)

Data Processor

Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit

Demographics

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Dataset Sub-types: Cancer


Collection Sources: Secondary care - Accident and Emergency, Secondary care - In-patients, Secondary care - Outpatients

Publications about this dataset

The role of health and social factors in education outcome: A record-linked electronic birth cohort ...Evans A, Dunstan F, Fone DL, Bandyopadhyay A, Scho...

PloS one

Published - 2019