University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust incorporates Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) facilities
    • Routine Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
  • Advanced disease services:
    • Dedicated Specialist Advanced MDT
  • 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 279 1079 38604
Data completeness of:
– Completed stage 1-4 (%) 93 91 82
– Performance status (%) 97 80 74
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 156 588 21702
Performance status 0 (%) 40 46 50
Performance status 1 (%) 38 25 22
Performance status 2 (%) 12 7 5
Performance status 3 (%) 7 3 1
Performance status 4 or not recorded (%) 3 19 21
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 78 68 87

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 279 1079 38604
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) information recorded (%) 85 79 65
Seen by CNS if CNS record present (%) 100 97 94

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 156 588 21702
Distant metastases (%) 7 7 7
Emergency surgery (%) 15 13 13
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 57 60 53
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 35 47 65
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 64 70 59
Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer: Trust Network National
Number of patients in audit 102 358 12052
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%) 69 72 66

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 39 42 34
Rectal volume 29 145 4753
Patients in APER/Hartmanns estimate: Trust Network National
Number of patients in APER/Hartmanns estimate 189 706 23317
APER/Hartmanns (%) 35 38 35

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