University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust incorporates Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, and Leicester General Hospital http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site MRI liver facilities
    • On-site PET-CT facilities
    • On-site Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) facilities
    • Routine Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
    • On-site External Beam Radiotherapy services
  • Surgical services:
    • On-site hepatobiliary surgical team
    • On-site thoracic surgical team
    • Robotic surgery
  • Advanced disease services:
    • Distal sacrectomy
    • Extended lymphadenectomy
  • 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 487 1800 32641
Case ascertainment (%) Good Good Good
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 79 72 85
– Performance status (%) 100 91 86
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 292 1090 18552
ASA grade 1 (%) 2 5 9
ASA grade 2 (%) 55 53 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 37 31 30
ASA grade 4+ (%) 7 4 2
ASA grade not recorded (%) N/A 6 6
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 97 92 89

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 487 1800 29766
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 100 92 86
All patients deemed potentially curative Trust Network National
Number of potentially curative patients 126 392 8157
Undergoing major resection (%) 82 78 83

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 292 1090 18515
Distant metastases (%) 10 9 6
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 24 18 21
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 61 84 86
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 60 64 71
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 56 59 58
Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer: Trust Network National
Number of patients in audit 109 590 10335
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%) 62 66 63

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 72 239 4137
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 69 39 34
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 99 89 90
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) 96 85 84
Rectal volume N/A N/A N/A
Patients in APER/Hartmanns estimate: Trust Network National
Number of patients in APER/Hartmanns estimate 323 1102 17956
APER/Hartmanns (%) 53 44 37

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