Torbay and South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust incorporates Torbay Hospital in Torquay http://www.torbayandsouthdevon.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
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
    • On-site External Beam Radiotherapy services
  • Support service facilities:
    • Dedicated nurses for ERAS services
    • Availability of 24 hour palliative care advice

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 225 1146 29766
Case ascertainment (%) 104 91 90
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 95 90 83
– Performance status (%) 100 100 85
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 118 619 16499
ASA grade 1 (%) 5 14 10
ASA grade 2 (%) 39 48 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 53 36 30
ASA grade 4+ (%) 3 2 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) 0 0 4
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 94 93 86

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 225 1146 29766
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 97 98 86
All patients deemed potentially curative Trust Network National
Number of potentially curative patients 54 333 7226
Undergoing major resection (%) 80 90 86

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 118 619 16474
Distant metastases (%) 18 7 6
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 16 12 15
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 74 79 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 64 72 72
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 51 52 62
Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer: Trust Network National
Number of patients in audit 73 379 10641
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%) 53 59 61

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 28 143 3899
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 12 22 32
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 96 88 86
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) 93 80 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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