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 Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) facilities
    • Routine Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
  • Support service facilities:
    • Dedicated nurses for ERAS services
    • Availability of 24 hour palliative care advice
    • 7-day access to face-to-face palliative care services

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 106 1247 28523
Case ascertainment (%) Fair Good Good
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 96 90 86
– Performance status (%) 95 93 88
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 32 760 15891
ASA grade 1 (%) 3 5 8
ASA grade 2 (%) 41 51 52
ASA grade 3 (%) 53 32 31
ASA grade 4+ (%) N/A 2 2
ASA grade not recorded (%) 3 10 7
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 94 84 87

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 106 1247 28523
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 86 93 85
All patients deemed potentially curative Trust Network National
Number of potentially curative patients 36 345 7393
Undergoing major resection (%) 56 83 82

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 32 760 15855
Distant metastases (%) 3 9 7
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 34 16 20
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 93 89 86
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 84 70 67
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) N/A 51 56
Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer: Trust Network National
Number of patients in audit 17 426 10794
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%) 65 59 60

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit N/A 176 3481
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) N/A 23 38
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) N/A 93 89
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) N/A 87 82
Rectal volume N/A 161 3374
Patients in APER/Hartmanns estimate: Trust Network National
Number of patients in APER/Hartmanns estimate 37 904 19595
APER/Hartmanns (%) 14 36 36

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