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 Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) facilities
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
  • Support service facilities:
    • Availability of 24 hour palliative care advice
    • On-site psychology services

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 187 1119 30541
Case ascertainment (%) 94 108 93
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 39 78 78
– Performance status (%) 68 79 85
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 122 656 19183
ASA grade 1 (%) 7 18 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 38 44 52
ASA grade 3 (%) 25 20 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) 6 2 2
ASA grade not recorded (%) 25 16 7
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 70 81 83

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 187 1119 30424
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 80 95 93

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 122 656 19222
Distant metastases (%) 10 8 8
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 32 17 17
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 90 93 87
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 44 76 66
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 77 58 64

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 28 137 4503
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 12 19 36
Circumferential resection margin: Present (%) 61 90 84
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) 54 85 77
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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