North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust

The North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust incorporates West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven and Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle http://www.ncuh.nhs.uk

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site MRI liver facilities
    • On-site PET-CT facilities
    • Age Specific Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
    • On-site External Beam Radiotherapy services

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 181 2000 31676
Case ascertainment (%) 88 103 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 91 77 80
– Performance status (%) 35 81 86
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 116 1222 19218
ASA grade 1 (%) 5 14 11
ASA grade 2 (%) 27 42 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 19 33 28
ASA grade 4+ (%) 2 4 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) 47 7 5
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 41 88 86

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 181 2000 31676
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 77 89 87
All patients deemed potentially curative Trust Network National
Number of potentially curative patients 61 510 7416
Undergoing major resection (%) 77 86 86

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 116 1222 19218
Distant metastases (%) 13 8 8
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 18 15 15
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 61 88 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 94 83 69
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 65 57 62
Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer: Trust Network National
Number of patients in audit 61 813 11837
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%) 46 60 62

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 23 283 4588
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 36 36 33
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 70 91 90
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) 65 87 80
Rectal volume N/A N/A N/A
Patients in APER/Hartmanns estimate: Trust Network National
Number of patients in APER/Hartmanns estimate N/A N/A N/A
APER/Hartmanns (%) N/A N/A N/A

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