Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist MDT: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Men diagnosed at this hospital trust can access the following services (updated 2022):

  • Diagnostic Facilities:
    • Multiparametric MRI
    • Transperineal biopsy under local anaesthetic
    • Transperineal biopsy under general anaesthetic
    • Whole body MRI
    • Isotope bone scan
    • One-stop diagnostic clinic
  • Treatment Facilities:
    • Chemotherapy
  • Support Service Facilities:
    • Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in all clinics
    • Prostate cancer-specific CNSs
    • Urology CNS
    • Sexual function services
    • Psychological counselling
    • Genetic counselling

Data Quality

Diagnosing Trust Specialist MDT
No. of Cancer Registry records 188 878
Performance Status recorded 70% 78%
PSA completed 18% 76%
Gleason Score completed 81% 80%
TNM completed 74% 78%

Disease Presentation

Specialist MDT National
No. of men with disease status determined 851 31258
Percentage of men diagnosed with metastatic disease 22% 19%

Management

Specialist MDT National
No. of men diagnosed with low-risk localised disease 73 3680
Percentage of men with low-risk localised disease receiving radical treatment 11% 9%
No. of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease 383 11503
Percentage of men diagnosed with locally advanced disease receiving radical treatment 71% 69%