Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

The Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust incorporates Essex County Hospital and Colchester General Hospital http://www.colchesterhospital.nhs.uk/

Between 2019-2021, outcomes for Colchester General Hospital and Ipswich Hospital were reported under East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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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
  • 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 272 3629 30710
Case ascertainment (%) 113 101 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 74 81 76
– Performance status (%) 84 86 83
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 131 2094 19231
ASA grade 1 (%) 13 9 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 58 52 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 28 30 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) 1 3 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) N/A 7 6
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 79 74 81

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 272 3629 30710
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 98 89 91

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 131 2094 19231
Distant metastases (%) 8 8 9
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 24 17 16
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 72 85 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 90 64 63
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 51 67 69

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 36 468 4468
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 26 33 35
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 36 23 26
Circumferential resection margin: Positive (%) 3 5 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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