Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

The Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust incorporates Torbay Hospital in Torquay http://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk/

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Acute services:
    • On-site bowel stenting facilities
  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site MRI liver facilities
    • On-site Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) facilities
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
    • On-site External Beam Radiotherapy services
  • Support service facilities:
    • Dedicated nurses for ERAS services
    • Availability of 24 hour palliative care advice

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 221 2718 28013
Case ascertainment (%) 98 97 93
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 96 76 71
– Performance status (%) 17 79 77
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 156 1703 18809
ASA grade 1 (%) 10 13 14
ASA grade 2 (%) 60 55 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 29 28 25
ASA grade 4+ (%) 1 2 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) 1 1 5
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 87 86 82

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 221 2718 30122
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 100 97 92

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 156 1703 18809
Distant metastases (%) 8 7 9
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 18 15 16
Median number of lymph nodes excised 14 17 17
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 57 72 61
Length of stay > 5 days (%) 65 59 69

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 26 454 4769
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 15 29 37
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 19 29 25
Circumferential resection margin: Positive (%) 12 7 7
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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