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From February 2025, the Targeted Lung Health Check Programme became known as Lung Cancer Screening.

The aim of the Lung Cancer Screening Programme is to find lung cancer earlier, often before symptoms develop. This can widen the treatment options available and improve patient outcomes.

A lung health check is offered to people between the ages of 55 and 74 who smoke or have smoked in the past.  This group are at greater risk of lung cancer.

NHS England’s ambition is to have lung health checks rolled out to all eligible patients by 2029. Read more here: NHS lung cancer screening

Latest data shows 298 people have been diagnosed with lung cancer since lung health checks were first launched across Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance in summer 2022. More than three-quarters were diagnosed at stage 1 and 2. 

Lung health checks have taken place in Aldershot, Brighton and Hove, Crawley, Farnborough, Hastings, Horsham, Peacehaven and Newhaven,  Slough and Yateley. This autumn 2025, the programme is rolling into Horley, Surrey; Bracknell, Berkshire and Bexhill in East Sussex. Patients are recalled every two years.

People who are aged between 55 and 74 who smoke or who have smoked in the past will automatically be invited for a lung health check when the project reaches their area. 

Find more information about the Lung Cancer Screening Programme by clicking on the button below. There is also includes a handy GP search function so patients can find out when lung screening is coming to them. 

Surrey and Sussex Lung Cancer Screening
This is an infographic showing that since June 2022, 298 people have been diagnosed with lung cancer through the Lung Cancer Screening Programme across the Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance footprint.

What patients say about their Lung Health Check...

Health professionals explain why patients should attend the Targeted Lung Health Check 

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A patient's experience

Slough resident, Pete Barrett, 70, a former smoker, was diagnosed with early stage lung cancer picked up through the Lung Health Check and follow up tests.

He had a lobectomy (a surgical procedure where a lobe of the lung is removed) with no further treatment required to date. Listen to Pete speak about his experience here.

A patient's experience

Click on the image below to read Ginnie Walker's story. She was diagnosed with early stage lung cancer following a lung health check in Crawley.

Watch this video to find out what happens at a Targeted Lung Health Check

An infographic which describes how the Targeted Lung Health Check works