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
    • 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 104 1614 31676
Case ascertainment (%) 120 102 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 100 82 80
– Performance status (%) 100 91 86
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 56 971 19218
ASA grade 1 (%) 9 6 11
ASA grade 2 (%) 46 61 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 43 31 28
ASA grade 4+ (%) 2 2 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) N/A N/A 5
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 84 90 86

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 104 1614 31676
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 88 87 87
All patients deemed potentially curative Trust Network National
Number of potentially curative patients 25 369 7416
Undergoing major resection (%) 80 86 86

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 56 971 19218
Distant metastases (%) 10 4 8
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 21 13 15
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 78 87 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 46 77 69
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 73 58 62
Patients having major resection for stage III colon cancer: Trust Network National
Number of patients in audit 39 656 11837
Adjuvant chemotherapy (%) 41 62 62

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 13 252 4588
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 30 26 33
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) 77 84 90
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) 77 75 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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