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

Data Quality

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 215 1501 30541
Case ascertainment (%) 117 95 93
Data completeness of:
– Pre-treatment TNM (%) 74 90 78
– Performance status (%) 100 92 85
Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 127 919 19183
ASA grade 1 (%) 6 11 12
ASA grade 2 (%) 43 54 52
ASA grade 3 (%) 49 30 27
ASA grade 4+ (%) 1 3 2
ASA grade not recorded (%) 2 3 7
Data completeness of:
7 Audit items for risk-adjustment (%) 87 88 83

Key:

> 80%
50 - 80%
< 50%

Management of all patients

All Patients: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 215 1501 30424
Seen by Clinical Nurse Specialist (%) 90 92 93

Management of patients having major resection

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 127 919 19222
Distant metastases (%) 10 8 8
Urgent or emergency surgery (%) 13 17 17
At least 12 lymph nodes excised (%) 87 91 87
Laparoscopic surgery attempted (%) 63 57 66
Risk-adjusted length of stay > 5 days (%) 67 68 64

Rectal cancer patients

Patients having major resection: Trust Network National
Number of patients in Audit 21 178 4503
Neoadjuvant therapy (%) 58 45 36
Circumferential resection margin: Present (%) 95 63 84
Circumferential resection margin: Negative (%) 86 54 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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