The West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust incorporates Watford General Hospital, Hemel Hempstead Hospital, and St Alban's City Hospital http://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/
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This trust offers the following services:
- Acute services:
- Specialist colorectal surgeon on-call at all times
- On-site bowel stenting facilities
- Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
- On-site PET-CT facilities
- Routine Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
- Surgical services:
- Robotic surgery
- Advanced disease services:
- Dedicated Specialist Advanced MDT
- Support service facilities:
- Dedicated nurses for ERAS services
Data Quality
All Patients: | Trust | Network | National |
---|---|---|---|
Number of patients in Audit | 246 | 4253 | 38604 |
Data completeness of: | |||
– Completed stage 1-4 (%) | 88 | 81 | 82 |
– Performance status (%) | 91 | 75 | 74 |
Key:
- > 80%
- 50 - 80%
- < 50%
Management of all patients
Management of patients having major resection
Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer: | Trust | Network | National |
---|---|---|---|
Number of patients in audit | 80 | 1372 | 12052 |
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%) | 51 | 63 | 66 |