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🔔 New Report Alert: The NBOCA State of the Nation Report 2025 is live 🔔 We are pleased to announce the release of the National Bowel Cancer Audit (NBOCA) State of the Nation Report 2025, covering England and Wales. This year’s report focuses on patients diagnosed with, or undergoing surgery for, bowel cancer between 1 January and 31 December 2023. 📊 Alongside the report, you’ll find an interactive provider-level data dashboard and a powerful foreword from Athur Harikrishnan, President of ACPGBI. 👉 Explore the report: https://lnkd.in/e7Bae7xp 📄 Foreword: NBOCA-SotN-Foreword-2025_09_2025 📅 Join us on Monday 13 October for the NATCAN State of the Nation webinars, covering key findings across nine national cancer audits. 🕥 NBOCA presentation: 10:35am–10:50am 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/e3sT7tcg 🚨 Key Finding: The Close-it-Quick Call to Action This year’s report reveals that 38% of patients still had an unclosed diverting ileostomy 18 months post-anterior resection—a significant challenge with deep implications for patient well-being and NHS efficiency. 👥 That’s why we're launching the ‘Close-it-Quick’ Collaborative, led by NBOCA, RCS England and ACPGBI, to support Trusts in improving ileostomy closure pathways. ✅ Improve patient outcomes ✅ Reduce delays ✅ Streamline care ✅ Reduce readmissions ✅ Free up resources 📌 Get involved: https://lnkd.in/en6Nybp5 📧 Enquiries: closeitquick@rcseng.ac.uk Let’s work together to drive lasting, meaningful improvement in bowel cancer care. #BowelCancer #NBOCA #CloseItQuick #QualityImprovement #NHS #SurgicalOutcomes #CancerAudit #HealthcareLeadership