Medway NHS Foundation Trust

The Medway NHS Foundation Trust incorporates Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Kent https://www.medway.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
  • Support service facilities:
    • Dedicated nurses for ERAS services

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 171 2248 28013
Case ascertainment (%) 93 85 93
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 84 71 71
– Performance status (%) 93 84 77
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 109 1439 18809
ASA grade 1 (%) 19 15 14
ASA grade 2 (%) 59 57 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 20 22 25
ASA grade 4+ (%) 2 2 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) N/A 4 5
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 82 87 82

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 171 2248 30122
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 96 84 92

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 109 1439 18809
Distant metastases (%) 12 9 9
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 11 15 16
Median number of lymph nodes excised 20 18 17
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 72 62 61
Length of stay > 5 days (%) 62 65 69

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 29 316 4769
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 26 29 37
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) N/A 32 25
Circumferential resection margin: Positive (%) 7 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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