United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust - Lincoln and Grantham

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust - Lincoln and Grantham incorporates Lincoln County Hospital in Lincoln, Grantham and District Hospital in Grantham https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/

In 2015, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust split into United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust - Lincoln and Grantham and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust - Pilgrim Hospital Boston.

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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

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 176 2005 30710
Case ascertainment (%) 75 96 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 33 86 76
– Performance status (%) 72 68 83
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 104 1253 19231
ASA grade 1 (%) 13 11 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 63 56 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 20 28 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) N/A 3 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) 5 2 6
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 80 85 81

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 176 2005 30710
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 96 93 91

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 104 1253 19231
Distant metastases (%) 17 10 9
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 16 18 16
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 86 78 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 38 57 63
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 79 66 69

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 21 331 4468
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 44 42 35
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) N/A 7 26
Circumferential resection margin: Positive (%) 10 7 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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