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 MRI liver facilities
    • On-site Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) facilities
    • Routine Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 109 1253 29766
Case ascertainment (%) 72 74 90
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 85 85 83
– Performance status (%) 83 96 85
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit N/A 651 16499
ASA grade 1 (%) N/A 8 10
ASA grade 2 (%) N/A 62 53
ASA grade 3 (%) N/A 26 30
ASA grade 4+ (%) N/A 2 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) N/A 2 4
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) N/A 85 86

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 109 1253 29766
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 80 91 86
All patients deemed potentially curative Trust Network National
Number of potentially curative patients 37 315 7226
Undergoing major resection (%) 92 90 86

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit N/A 651 16474
Distant metastases (%) N/A 5 6
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) N/A 15 15
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) N/A 80 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) N/A 86 72
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) N/A 55 62
Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer: Trust Network National
Number of patients in audit 44 417 10641
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%) 64 58 61

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit N/A 173 3899
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) N/A 17 32
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) N/A 88 86
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) N/A 86 79
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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