Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust incorporates Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site MRI liver facilities
    • On-site PET-CT facilities
    • On-site Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) facilities
    • Routine Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
    • On-site External Beam Radiotherapy services
  • Advanced disease services:
    • Dedicated Specialist Advanced Nurse
    • Dedicated Specialist Advanced MDT
    • Dedicated Specialist Advanced Outpatient Clinic

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 270 1889 31676
Case ascertainment (%) 125 106 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 73 84 80
– Performance status (%) 71 90 86
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 152 1128 19218
ASA grade 1 (%) 1 10 11
ASA grade 2 (%) 70 57 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 26 28 28
ASA grade 4+ (%) 2 4 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) N/A 1 5
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 84 91 86

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 270 1889 31676
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 91 73 87
All patients deemed potentially curative Trust Network National
Number of potentially curative patients 80 503 7416
Undergoing major resection (%) 89 86 86

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 152 1128 19218
Distant metastases (%) 9 7 8
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 24 24 15
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 89 86 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 85 73 69
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 66 61 62
Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer: Trust Network National
Number of patients in audit 85 786 11837
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%) 62 56 62

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 30 238 4588
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 30 22 33
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 57 84 90
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) 40 77 80
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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