Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust- St. Richard's Hospital

The Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust- St. Richard's Hospital incorporates St Richard's Hospital in Chichester http://www.westernsussexhospitals.nhs.uk/

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Acute services:
    • On-site bowel stenting facilities
  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site MRI liver facilities
    • On-site Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) facilities
  • Oncology services:
    • On-site chemotherapy services
  • 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 194 2248 28013
Case ascertainment (%) 96 85 93
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 80 71 71
– Performance status (%) 99 84 77
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 136 1439 18809
ASA grade 1 (%) 20 15 14
ASA grade 2 (%) 48 57 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 25 22 25
ASA grade 4+ (%) 7 2 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) 1 4 5
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 99 87 82

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 194 2248 30122
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 25 84 92

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 136 1439 18809
Distant metastases (%) 5 9 9
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 10 15 16
Median number of lymph nodes excised 20 18 17
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 66 62 61
Length of stay > 5 days (%) 62 65 69

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 40 316 4769
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 10 29 37
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 30 32 25
Circumferential resection margin: Positive (%) 8 5 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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