The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust incorporates Whittington Hospital in Islington and Haringey https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site MRI liver facilities
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
  • Support service facilities:
    • Dedicated nurses for ERAS services
    • Availability of 24 hour palliative care advice
    • On-site psychology services

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 47 898 30541
Case ascertainment (%) 80 70 93
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 83 81 78
– Performance status (%) 100 99 85
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 30 526 19183
ASA grade 1 (%) 43 20 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 50 45 52
ASA grade 3 (%) 7 19 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) N/A 1 2
ASA grade not recorded (%) N/A 14 7
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 93 72 83

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 47 898 30424
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 98 99 93

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 30 526 19222
Distant metastases (%) 7 10 8
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 17 18 17
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 100 87 87
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 77 67 66
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 90 75 64

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit N/A 97 4503
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) N/A 40 36
Circumferential resection margin: Present (%) N/A 69 84
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) N/A 61 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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