The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust incorporates Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow https://www.pah.nhs.uk/

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site MRI liver facilities
    • On-site Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) facilities
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
  • Support service facilities:
    • Dedicated nurses for ERAS services

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 164 3496 30541
Case ascertainment (%) 109 97 93
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 87 62 78
– Performance status (%) 99 88 85
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 82 2168 19183
ASA grade 1 (%) 11 11 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 51 56 52
ASA grade 3 (%) 35 29 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) 2 2 2
ASA grade not recorded (%) N/A 2 7
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 99 79 83

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 164 3496 30424
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 78 90 93

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 82 2168 19222
Distant metastases (%) 4 7 8
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 7 14 17
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 100 88 87
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 34 69 66
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 83 67 64

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 12 484 4503
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) N/A 30 36
Circumferential resection margin: Present (%) 100 87 84
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) 100 81 77
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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