Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

The Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust incorporates Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, and Kidderminster Hospital http://www.worcsacute.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 Nurse
  • Support service facilities:
    • Dedicated nurses for ERAS services

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 490 3 38604
Data completeness of:
– Completed stage 1-4 (%) 93 89 82
– Performance status (%) 95 85 74
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 280 2312 21702
Performance status 0 (%) 80 65 50
Performance status 1 (%) 14 19 22
Performance status 2 (%) 4 5 5
Performance status 3 (%) N/A 1 1
Performance status 4 or not recorded (%) 3 10 21
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 83 73 87

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 490 3815 38604
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) information recorded (%) 57 76 65
Seen by CNS if CNS record present (%) 94 95 94

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 280 2312 21702
Distant metastases (%) 10 9 7
Emergency surgery (%) 11 16 13
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 41 53 53
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 86 68 65
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 52 56 59
Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer: Trust Network National
Number of patients in audit 164 1328 12052
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%) 66 69 66

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 19 33 34
Rectal volume 65 483 4753
Patients in APER/Hartmanns estimate: Trust Network National
Number of patients in APER/Hartmanns estimate 301 2603 23317
APER/Hartmanns (%) 39 36 35

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