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The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust incorporates Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley http://dudleygroup.nhs.uk/

All Patients:	Trust	Network	National
Number of patients in Audit	83	3482	35779
Case ascertainment (%)	Poor	Good	Good

Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%)	98	83	86
– Performance status (%)	98	90	89

Patients having major resection:	Trust	Network	National
Number of patients in Audit	63	2135	19631
ASA grade 1 (%)	2	5	9
ASA grade 2 (%)	38	53	53
ASA grade 3 (%)	56	34	31
ASA grade 4+ (%)	5	4	2
ASA grade not recorded (%)	N/A	4	4

Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%)	3	87	87

Key:

: > 80%

: 50 - 80%

: < 50%

Patients having major resection:	Trust	Network	National
Number of patients in Audit	63	2135	19614
Distant metastases (%)	50	4	5
Urgent or emergency surgery (%)	95	24	15
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%)	2	82	84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%)	89	72	72
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%)	N/A	49	55

Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer:	Trust	Network	National
Number of patients in audit	72	N/A	10747
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%)	71	N/A	62

Patients receiving chemotherapy after major resection for stage III colon cancer:	Trust	Network	National
Number of patients in audit	52	N/A	6608
Severe acute toxicity after adjuvant chemotherapy (%)	18	N/A	22

Patients having major resection:	Trust	Network	National
Number of patients in Audit	10	N/A	4251
Neoadjuvant therapy (%)	5	N/A	33
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%)	N/A	88	89
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%)	N/A	81	83
Rectal volume	11	N/A	4377

Patients in APER/Hartmanns estimate:	Trust	Network	National
Number of patients in APER/Hartmanns estimate	172	2273	19644
APER/Hartmanns (%)	38	38	37

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