Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

Specialist MDT: Medway NHS Foundation Trust

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Men diagnosed at this hospital trust can access the following services:

  • Diagnostic Facilities:
    • Multiparametric MRI
    • Transperineal biopsy under local anaesthetic
    • Transperineal biopsy under general anaesthetic
    • Whole body MRI
    • Isotope bone scan
  • Treatment Facilities:
    • Chemotherapy
  • Support Service Facilities:
    • Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in all clinics
    • Advanced PCa CNS
    • Urology CNS
    • Sexual function services
    • Psychological counselling

Data Quality

Diagnosing Trust Specialist MDT
No. of Cancer Registry records 160 562
Performance Status recorded 78% 73%
PSA completed 4% 3%
Gleason Score completed N/A N/A
TNM completed 64% 62%
Stage variable assigned 78% 68%

Disease Presentation

Specialist MDT National
No. of men with disease status determined 394 23477
Percentage of men diagnosed with metastatic disease 18% 17%
No. of men diagnosed with M1 (metastases) 70 N/A

Management

These indicators could not be reported this year for England as we were unable to assign a patient to a particular risk group due to the unavailability of information on Gleason score in the Rapid Cancer Registration Dataset