University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust incorporates Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital https://www.uhmb.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
    • Age Specific Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
  • Support service facilities:
    • Availability of 24 hour palliative care advice

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 202 912 31676
Case ascertainment (%) 89 100 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 77 89 80
– Performance status (%) 94 98 86
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 139 407 19218
ASA grade 1 (%) 13 9 11
ASA grade 2 (%) 62 61 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 25 28 28
ASA grade 4+ (%) N/A 1 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) N/A 1 5
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 99 97 86

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 202 912 31676
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 98 92 87
All patients deemed potentially curative Trust Network National
Number of potentially curative patients 53 195 7416
Undergoing major resection (%) 94 86 86

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 139 407 19218
Distant metastases (%) 7 7 8
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 6 10 15
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 88 83 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 53 60 69
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 65 65 62
Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer: Trust Network National
Number of patients in audit 99 373 11837
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%) 52 65 62

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 38 114 4588
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 26 34 33
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 100 96 90
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) 89 84 80
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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