RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Correlation of the independent Performance Status (PS) assessment of patients in a lung cancer clinic in a United Kingdom (UK) hospital between doctors, nurses and the patients’ self-assessment JF European Respiratory Journal JO Eur Respir J FD European Respiratory Society SP PA4654 DO 10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.PA4654 VO 54 IS suppl 63 A1 Abdi Ali A1 Javed Ibrahim A1 Kiran Bhatia A1 Heidi Thomason A1 Julia Mcadam A1 Annabel Makan A1 Harmesh Moudgil A1 Nawaid Ahmad A1 Emma Crawford A1 Koottalai Srinivasan YR 2019 UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/54/suppl_63/PA4654.abstract AB PS assessment plays a major role in determining the investigations and treatments offered to patients with suspected or confirmed lung cancer.1 The National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) advices that 65% of patients with PS 0-1 and advanced (Stage 3B/4) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) should receive Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT).Aim: To assess the consistency of PS assessment of patients attending the lung cancer clinics between doctors, clinical nurse specialists (CNS’) and the self-assessment of the patients themselves and hence to validate the use of PS assessment in Lung cancer MDTs in making treatment decisions.Method: Prospective survey of patients, doctors and lung cancer nurses scoring of the PS (WHO scale) at the first lung cancer clinic assessment and assessing concordance between the three groups. 49 consecutive patients attending lung cancer clinic in a UK District General Hospital.Results: see table 1:View this table:Conclusion: Though there is a degree of variation in PS assessment between the clinicians (doctors & CNS’) and patients’ self-assessment, there seemed to be concordance between the doctors and nurses. This observational study emphasises the importance of uniformity in PS assessment to deliver a patient centred care.Reference:1. JAMA Oncol. 2015;1(7):998. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.3113FootnotesCite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2019; 54: Suppl. 63, PA4654.This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only).