Table 1 Data gathered for each completed HNA

• Core Data: is collected for all the patients/clients/users of TCAT services/interventions across the whole programme in Scotland and provides basic demographic information. It includes for example, cancer type, age, ethnicity and living and employment situation and performance status, depravation score.

• HNA Processes and Actions: is an internally devised data sheet used to record key aspects of the assessment undertaken, such as profession undertaking the assessment, location, length, referral and signposting activity.

• Concerns Checklist: is a record of the identified concerns and overall concern level/score of individuals within the TCAT programme who locally completed a HNA using the Concerns Checklist tool only.