NOCA State of the Nation Report 2026: Ovarian Cancer Care in England and Wales

The National Ovarian Cancer Audit (NOCA) evaluates patterns of care and outcomes for women with ovarian cancer in England and Wales. This report publishes information on the care received by 5,601 women diagnosed in England in 2022-2023 and 274 women diagnosed in Wales in 2022-2024. It was produced by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership and last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking hospital performance based on audit-reported patterns of care.
• Analyzing temporal trends in ovarian cancer treatment based on data from 2022-2024.
• Comparing clinical outcomes between England and Wales based on the reported patient cohorts.
• Identifying areas for quality improvement in cancer services based on audit findings.

Strengths

• Reports on a specific cohort of 5,601 patients in England.
• Includes a separate cohort of 274 patients from Wales for comparison.
• Focuses on a defined time period (2022-2024) for recent analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the full underlying dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the audit's scope.

Provenance

Source

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership.

Collection Method

Clinical audit.

Time Range

2022-2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-12 08:16:46.920442; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales.