The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust incorporates Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow https://www.pah.nhs.uk/

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site PET-CT facilities
    • On-site Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) 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 105 3629 30710
Case ascertainment (%) 70 101 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 98 81 76
– Performance status (%) 34 86 83
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 44 2094 19231
ASA grade 1 (%) 7 9 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 41 52 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 39 30 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) 2 3 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) 11 7 6
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 66 74 81

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 105 3629 30710
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 70 89 91

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 44 2094 19231
Distant metastases (%) 6 8 9
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 16 17 16
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 95 85 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 41 64 63
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 73 67 69

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit N/A 468 4468
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) N/A 33 35
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) N/A 23 26
Circumferential resection margin: Positive (%) N/A 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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