West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

The West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust incorporates West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds http://www.wsh.nhs.uk/

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site MRI liver facilities
    • Age Specific Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
  • 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 156 1745 29766
Case ascertainment (%) 78 86 90
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 100 81 83
– Performance status (%) 100 90 85
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 124 976 16499
ASA grade 1 (%) 53 14 10
ASA grade 2 (%) 42 53 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 5 30 30
ASA grade 4+ (%) 0 3 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) 0 1 4
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 96 85 86

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 156 1745 29766
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 97 91 86
All patients deemed potentially curative Trust Network National
Number of potentially curative patients 39 489 7226
Undergoing major resection (%) 90 83 86

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 124 976 16474
Distant metastases (%) 1 5 6
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 15 15 15
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 85 78 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 69 70 72
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 65 64 62
Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer: Trust Network National
Number of patients in audit 70 681 10641
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%) 44 52 61

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 33 246 3899
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 34 30 32
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 97 81 86
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) 94 79 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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