Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust incorporates Luton & Dunstable Hospital in Luton https://www.ldh.nhs.uk/

Between 2019-2021 outcomes for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Luton & Dunstable Hospital were reported under Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site MRI liver facilities
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy 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 144 3629 30710
Case ascertainment (%) 104 101 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 84 81 76
– Performance status (%) 98 86 83
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 92 2094 19231
ASA grade 1 (%) 14 9 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 57 52 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 22 30 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) 4 3 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) 3 7 6
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 83 74 81

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 144 3629 30710
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 92 89 91

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 92 2094 19231
Distant metastases (%) 7 8 9
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 17 17 16
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 90 85 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 65 64 63
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 56 67 69

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 28 468 4468
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 24 33 35
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 7 23 26
Circumferential resection margin: Positive (%) 11 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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