Weston Area Health NHS Trust

The Weston Area Health NHS Trust incorporates Weston General Hospital in Weston-super-Mare http://www.waht.nhs.uk/

In 2020, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and Weston Area Health NHS Trust merged into University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

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This trust offers the following services:

  • Diagnostic and pre-operative services:
    • On-site MRI liver 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 77 1709 30541
Case ascertainment (%) 92 104 93
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 100 86 78
– Performance status (%) 100 96 85
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 51 1081 19183
ASA grade 1 (%) 6 10 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 43 59 52
ASA grade 3 (%) 45 27 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) 6 1 2
ASA grade not recorded (%) N/A 2 7
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 100 91 83

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 77 1709 30424
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 94 95 93

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 51 1081 19222
Distant metastases (%) 18 6 8
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 18 14 17
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 96 93 87
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 35 77 66
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 56 52 64

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit N/A 272 4503
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) N/A 31 36
Circumferential resection margin: Present (%) N/A 85 84
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) N/A 80 77
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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