Lung Health Checks now available in Portsmouth for past and current smokers

Past and current smokers in Portsmouth are being invited to an NHS lung health check in a drive to improve earlier diagnosis of lung cancer and save more lives.

With one of the highest mortality rates for lung cancer in England, Portsmouth is one of 43 places across the country which will run a Targeted Lung Health Check programme. In Wessex, this programme is also available to people living in Southampton.

The initiative means more than 23,000 past and current smokers aged 55 to 74 in Portsmouth will be invited to a lung health check by their GP over the next 2 years. This is expected to identify over 200 cases of lung cancer earlier than otherwise would have been.

People diagnosed with lung cancer at the earliest stage are nearly 20 times more likely to survive for five years than those whose cancer is caught late.

Over the next two years, invites will be sent out to all those eligible and registered with a GP surgery in Portsmouth.

For more information, please visit the Portsmouth Lung Health Check webpage.

For more information about the Targeted Lung Health Check programme, visit Cancer Matters Wessex.

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