University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust incorporates Queen Elizabeth Hospital and University Hospital in Birmingham https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/

In 2018, University Hospitals of Birmingham split into Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Heartlands Hospital.

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Acute services:
    • Specialist colorectal surgeon on-call at all times
    • On-site bowel stenting facilities
  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site MRI liver facilities
    • On-site PET-CT facilities
    • On-site Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) facilities
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
    • On-site External Beam Radiotherapy services
  • Surgical services:
    • On-site hepatobiliary surgical team
  • 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 78 2954 30710
Case ascertainment (%) 36 89 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 78 76 76
– Performance status (%) 37 77 83
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 50 1956 19231
ASA grade 1 (%) 14 10 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 52 52 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 12 27 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) N/A 2 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) 22 9 6
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) N/A 67 81

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 78 2954 30710
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 100 94 91

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 50 1956 19231
Distant metastases (%) N/A 11 9
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 29 18 16
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 98 92 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 60 65 63
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) N/A 67 69

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 15 477 4468
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 50 26 35
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 100 48 26
Circumferential resection margin: Positive (%) N/A 4 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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