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
    • On-site PET-CT facilities
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
  • Support service facilities:
    • Dedicated nurses for ERAS services

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 175 3496 30541
Case ascertainment (%) 102 97 93
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 75 62 78
– Performance status (%) 95 88 85
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 121 2168 19183
ASA grade 1 (%) 12 11 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 61 56 52
ASA grade 3 (%) 21 29 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) 4 2 2
ASA grade not recorded (%) 1 2 7
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 75 79 83

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 175 3496 30424
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 93 90 93

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 121 2168 19222
Distant metastases (%) 8 7 8
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 20 14 17
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 91 88 87
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 78 69 66
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 56 67 64

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 25 484 4503
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 20 30 36
Circumferential resection margin: Present (%) 100 87 84
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) 96 81 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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