Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust incorporates Arrowe Park Hospital in Birkenhead and Clatterbridge Hospital in Wirral http://www.wuth.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
  • Support service facilities:
    • Availability of 24 hour palliative care advice

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 251 1602 30710
Case ascertainment (%) 120 103 95
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 92 72 76
– Performance status (%) 100 95 83
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 155 1006 19231
ASA grade 1 (%) 12 9 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 51 57 53
ASA grade 3 (%) 37 26 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) 1 3 3
ASA grade not recorded (%) N/A 4 6
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 94 76 81

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 251 1602 30710
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 95 95 91

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 155 1006 19231
Distant metastases (%) 9 9 9
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 12 17 16
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 76 87 84
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 71 55 63
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 82 76 69

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 24 219 4468
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 42 44 35
Circumferential resection margin: Recorded (%) N/A 63 26
Circumferential resection margin: Positive (%) 17 8 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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