Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust incorporates Great Western Hospital in Swindon http://www.gwh.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
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
  • Support service facilities:
    • Availability of 24 hour palliative care advice

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 201 1015 30710
Case ascertainment (%) 92 96 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 68 82 76
– Performance status (%) 76 93 83
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 142 679 19231
ASA grade 1 (%) 8 16 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 44 54 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 34 24 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) 3 3 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) 12 3 6
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 82 93 81

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 201 1015 30710
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 89 96 91

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 142 679 19231
Distant metastases (%) 5 7 9
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 17 17 16
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 89 92 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 32 69 63
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 86 68 69

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 37 146 4468
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 10 22 35
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 46 16 26
Circumferential resection margin: Positive (%) 22 11 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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