Referrals, time to diagnosis and discharge
non-cancer, lung cancers, lung cancer
LUNG CANCER, LUNG CANCERS

Referrals and outcomes for the 8682 patients in the study*P=0.03.In the immediate group, 42 (1.0%) patients were referred for an urgent, non-cancer respiratory appointment compared with 72 (1.6%) in the control group; p=0.03. Of the lung cancers diagnosed, all had a CT scan although for 2 patients this was more than 6 months later; 15 of the patients with lung cancer had same day CT scan.