Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

The Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust incorporates Northampton General Hospital http://www.northamptongeneral.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
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
    • On-site External Beam Radiotherapy services
  • Support service facilities:
    • Dedicated nurses for ERAS services

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 158 2005 30710
Case ascertainment (%) 75 96 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 54 86 76
– Performance status (%) 83 68 83
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 101 1253 19231
ASA grade 1 (%) 8 11 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 44 56 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 33 28 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) 4 3 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) 12 2 6
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 65 85 81

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 158 2005 30710
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 99 93 91

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 101 1253 19231
Distant metastases (%) 5 10 9
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 15 18 16
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 75 78 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 69 57 63
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 63 66 69

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 29 331 4468
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 6 42 35
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 59 7 26
Circumferential resection margin: Positive (%) 3 7 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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