North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust

The North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust incorporates West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven and Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle http://www.ncuh.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
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
    • On-site External Beam Radiotherapy 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 118 1785 30710
Case ascertainment (%) 70 96 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 84 76 76
– Performance status (%) 51 83 83
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 84 1155 19231
ASA grade 1 (%) N/A 11 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 55 51 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 42 32 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) 1 3 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) 2 3 6
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 62 91 81

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 118 1785 30710
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 96 93 91

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 84 1155 19231
Distant metastases (%) 8 9 9
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 21 18 16
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 79 86 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 75 77 63
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 80 64 69

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 12 285 4468
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 75 43 35
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 42 22 26
Circumferential resection margin: Positive (%) N/A 4 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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