Is the English Cancer Patient Experience Survey representative? A comparative analysis with the National Lung Cancer Audit

Objectives Healthcare systems increasingly recognise the importance of service users’ perspectives for improving care organisation and delivery. The English Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES) is carried out annually, however, its representativeness within cancer types is unknown. We have explored if the CPES results are representative of people with lung cancer. Materials and methods We linked cancer registry data across multiple sources to...