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:
    • On-site psychology services

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 159 2005 30541
Case ascertainment (%) 79 87 93
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 52 63 78
– Performance status (%) 88 78 85
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 123 1249 19183
ASA grade 1 (%) 12 11 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 42 56 52
ASA grade 3 (%) 22 27 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) N/A 2 2
ASA grade not recorded (%) 24 4 7
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 62 83 83

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 159 2005 30424
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 94 92 93

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 123 1249 19222
Distant metastases (%) 9 10 8
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 21 17 17
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 83 83 87
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 59 58 66
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 73 60 64

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 41 330 4503
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 40 43 36
Circumferential resection margin: Present (%) 83 97 84
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) 80 93 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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